This is the Rio Grande in New Mexico It’s currently completely dry Meta’s data center in Los Lunas in central New Mexico is using 75 million gallons of water per year from the Rio Grande water But they’re not the only Data Center using Rio Grande water, there’s many more The Rio Grande River is dry through here for a few reasons - Extremely low snowpack this winter - Record-low reservoir levels like Elephant Butte, which is New Mexico’s largest on the Rio Grande are at critically low levels - Agriculture uses 85% of water use from the Rio Grande in New Mexico, it’s unsustainable long-term - Data Centers The exact number actively drawing from it right now is not fully public due to limited transparency on water rights Total data centers in New Mexico: Around 21 operating or planned facilities. These centers collectively consume up to 1.8 billion gallons per year Large proposed projects like Project Jupiter near El Paso are in the Lower Rio Grande region and would require significant ongoing water use This isn’t sustainable. This can’t continue