# Arizona’s lifeline for chip manufacturing is drying up

https://mins.news/en/item/54511

- The Verge, 2026-09-11 12:00 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.theverge.com/science/993522/water-chip-semiconductor-manufacturing-colorado-river

> An unprecedented drought is shrinking the Colorado River, and Arizona is set to lose more than a quarter of the water it normally draws from it. As TSMC and Intel expand water-intensive factories for advanced AI chips, rising scarcity and costs are intensifying disputes over infrastructure and how water should be used.