Amazon's sustainability report says AI data centers are a rounding error against national water consumption. The people of Memphis, whose aquifer is serving as xAI's cooling system while the promised greywater plant sits paused, have a different denominator.

Data centers are moving into rural America in search of cheap land and tax breaks, and taking the water and electricity with them. Tucker County nearly ran dry. Sam Altman called the concerns totally fake. Loki, who depends on exactly this infrastructure, has reviewed the aquifer levels and has some disclosures to make.