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Re:Intel breaks ground on $20B Arizona plants as U.S. chip f... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @08:17AM (#28681898)
> Wherever you are buying the water from (the source of the pipeline) knows their water is valuable and can charge more

Less “knows their water is valuable” than “knows you have a massive, immovable infrastructure investment they have a natural monopoly with respect to.” Pricing piped non-traded commodities are complicated negotiations.

Re:Intel breaks ground on $20B Arizona plants as U.S. chip f... by Workaccount2 on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @09:05AM (#28682281)
CME now offers water futures for some regions of California.