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Thirsty data centres boom in drought-hit Mexico
Activists in Querétaro criticise state government for prioritising the data processing needs for US tech firms over their own citizens
Across the state companies including Microsoft, Amazon Web Services and ODATA own these warehouse-like buildings, full of computer servers. "The demand for AI is accelerating the construction of data centres at an unprecedented speed," says Shaolei Ren, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California Riverside. At her home in Querétaro, activist Teresa Roldán tells me residents have asked the authorities for more information and transparency about the data centres and the water they use but says this has not been forthcoming.
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