Arizona’s lifeline for chip manufacturing is drying up
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- The 1,400-mile waterway is a crucial lifeline for the region and other western states.
- A recent federal decision on how to manage its dwindling flow hits Arizona, and its already drought-prone desert communities, particularly hard .
- The river provides more than a third of the Grand Canyon State's water.
- Arizona has been a manufacturing hub since the start of the semiconductor industry, and now it's where TSMC and Intel are expanding massive factories to m … Read the full story at…
The story
Arizona, an epicenter for the bipartisan push to revive American chip manufacturing, is about to lose more than a quarter of the water it typically pulls each year from the Colorado River.
The 1,400-mile waterway is a crucial lifeline for the region and other western states. A recent federal decision on how to manage its dwindling flow hits Arizona, and its already drought-prone desert communities, particularly hard. The river provides more than a third of the Grand Canyon State's water. Arizona has been a manufacturing hub since the start of the semiconductor industry, and now it's where TSMC and Intel are expanding massive factories to m …
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