
Atlanta's data center boom has a water problem nobody wants to solve
The state is signing off on billions of gallons of new water withdrawals for AI infrastructure. The people who live near the intakes have been told nothing.
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The state is signing off on billions of gallons of new water withdrawals for AI infrastructure. The people who live near the intakes have been told nothing.

If MARTA can run five-minute headways, deploy ambassadors at every station, and move 220,000 rail riders in a day, why can't it do that on a Tuesday in September?

The University System of Georgia just approved a three-year pilot. Here's who it works for, who it doesn't, and what the financial math actually looks like.