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Data Centers: Gobbling Up A Resource – But Not the One Most Think
March 25th, 2026
Courtesy of the Washington Post, commentary on how the expanding footprint of AI infrastructure creates a thirst for more than electricity: The race to build artificial intelligence infrastructure is no longer abstract. It is visible in land deals, the growing demand on the power grid and the expansion of data centers across the United States. […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: India, China, and How Not to Save the Brahmaputra
March 25th, 2026
Via The Diplomat, a look at how – instead of pursuing a diplomatic solution to manage shared waters – India is following a dam-for-dam policy: For over a decade, the Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra River has been framed as the next great theater of conflict between India and China. China, as the “upper riparian hegemon,” is building hydraulic dams […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Water Challenge Is “Stark”
March 21st, 2026
Via The Indian Express, commentary on India’s water challenges: There is a strange contradiction at the heart of India’s relationship with water. We revere it in our rituals, celebrate it in our music, and consider it holy in our rivers. Yet, we also waste it with abandon, pollute it with impunity, and price it as […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s 15FYP Outlook for Water Security & Resiliency
March 21st, 2026
Via China Water Risk, analysis of China’s 15FYP Outlook for Water Security & Resiliency 2 Goals, 4 Directives, 8 Actions to prep for a new era of “Water B”: 2026 marks the start of the 15th Five Year Plan 2026-2030 (15FYP) to accelerate China’s march towards “a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, […]
Read more »Petrostates and Saltwater Kingdoms: Could Iran Disrupt the Gulf Countries’ Desalinated Water Supplies?
March 21st, 2026
Via CSIS, a look at the risk of Iran’s water to the Gulf’s desalination projects: The economies of the Persian Gulf countries depend on oil and natural gas. Their populations depend on desalinated water. Nature endows the Arabian Peninsula with scant freshwater resources. Consequently, all of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations lining the […]
Read more »The American West Is Drying Up. Can the Market Help?
March 18th, 2026
Via New Republic, a look at how – as hedge funds buy up land to obtain water rights – a libertarian state representative from Arizona has proposed a seemingly radical solution to the water crisis. Is he right? When members of the Colorado River Water Users Association, or CRWUA, descended on Caesars Palace for their annual […]
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