Big Tech, Bigger Droughts: The Battle for Water Rights

Google, Facebook, Instagram, and the rest of the internet, are housed on servers. These servers are mostly stored in data centers located in small, desert communities. Data centers use water to cool their servers. As the climate changes and droughts become more prevalent, legal issues arise as to who gets primary access to water sources. BTLJ Podcast host, Meg O'Neill, speaks with lawyer John DeVoe of Water Watch, and then journalist Mike Rogoway of the Oregonian.

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Big Tech, Bigger Droughts: The Battle for Water Rights is an episode from Berkeley Technology Law Journal Student Podcast by The BTLJ Podcast.

This episode is 00:48:51 long.

This episode was published on Feb 3, 2024.

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