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Re:Intel breaks ground on $20B Arizona plants as U.S. chip f... by bluGill on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @03:17PM (#28686347)
The midwest gets more than enough water via rain, so nobody worries about water. Farmers don't irrigate crops, they just accept lower profits in drought years. You might be thinking of the west where water is a problem.
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Re:Intel breaks ground on $20B Arizona plants as U.S. chip f... by caeril on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @03:30PM (#28686481)
I'm pressing 'X' to doubt, right now:

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/featured-images/nation...

edit: Maybe I should have said Great Plains, which overlaps, but is not precisely the same as, the Midwest.

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Re:Intel breaks ground on $20B Arizona plants as U.S. chip f... by bluGill on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @04:01PM (#28686827)
The great plains does have issues. The rest of the midwest doesn't.
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