A 330 MW data center wanted to buy a farm, switch off the irrigation, and drink the difference — California's most powerful irrigation district said no, so it sued
… The subsequent legal action by IVCM might be a litmus test for how such interactions could unfold in the future, at a time when there is considerable blowback from communities living near such data centers, who see them as resource-greedy and driving up water and power prices, especially in drought… …