Chevron to fuel massive Microsoft data center in Texas using natural gas

Amazon is dropping an $11 BILLION AI data center right in Indiana.

This monster will guzzle electricity for 1 MILLION homes and 300 MILLION gallons of water EVERY SINGLE YEAR — just ONE facility.

Drone footage shows the insane scale: endless buildings, massive cooling tanks,… pic.twitter.com/R3fcTJTWTX

— Valerie Anne Smith (@ValerieAnne1970) June 20, 2026

SERIOUS QUESTION: why do AI data centers need fresh water. Not recycled. Not wastewater. Fresh, drinkable water, burned through by the millions of gallons just to keep servers cool. Why are we using a basic human necessity to prop up machines ??

— ‏ً (@omgsidewalks) June 21, 2026

This is your friendly reminder that data centers don’t actually need water. They need a cooling system and are using water because it’s the cheapest way to do it….

— Lyn🦋 (@_ayandamay) June 22, 2026

That’s a pretty unusual finding.

Data centers did not raise average U.S. household electricity prices from 2015 to 2024, and may have slightly lowered them when the grid had room to grow.

The reason being that electricity grids have big fixed costs, so more steady demand can… pic.twitter.com/z9mnuxpnuX

— Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) June 20, 2026

Annual cost to power a 100MW data centre:

🇺🇸 £55 million
🇸🇪 £67 million
🇫🇷 £156 million
🇬🇧 £220 million (!)

— Claire Coutinho (@ClaireCoutinho) June 22, 2026