NC county says planned data center will worsen water issues

NC county says planned data center will worsen water issues

By Eric Tegethoff     A proposed Amazon data center campus threatens to worsen water issues in a small North Carolina community. The company announced plans to build the campus on nearly 800 acres of land in Richmond County, 80 miles east of Charlotte. More than $10 billion will be invested in the project and it is expected to create more than 500 jobs over the next five years. The centers will consume large amounts of local water to operate and…