"On Page 1 of the Mercury News was an article about La Nina, stating that we do not know if it will have very little effect on our water supply or if it will cause a drought. On Page 6 was an opinion column about the number of data centers in the area and the water that they use (AI data centers must disclose how much water they require)."
"The California Environmental Quality Act, our state's foundational environmental law, was broadly amended during aggressive budget negotiations without public comment and on a rushed timeline. Amendments now in law include a broad and perilous exemption for advanced manufacturing, a loosely defined category of projects that can encompass mining, semiconductor manufacturing and plastics incineration. This and other amendments that affect California's ecosystems and democratic processes are potentially harmful to public health and the environment, and must be fixed."
La Nina's uncertain impact leaves the region unclear whether water supplies will remain stable or enter drought conditions. Rapid growth of local data centers raises questions about their water consumption during mandatory conservation periods and whether they will be subject to the same reductions. Recent broad amendments to the California Environmental Quality Act create a perilous exemption for advanced manufacturing that could include mining, semiconductors, and plastics incineration. Those amendments threaten public health, ecosystems, and democratic processes. AB 1083 proposes comprehensive cleanup measures to restore CEQA protections and safeguard climate, families, vulnerable communities, ecosystems, and democratic participation.
Read at www.mercurynews.com
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