06
Feb
2026
The Ogallala aquifer in West Texas will be dry by 2050 to 2070.
Water in West Texas will be dry, Alex, in 2050 to 2070 in the Ogallala aquifer that goes all the way from Nebraska all the way down to Texas. That will be dry because we, not we, some people in Austin want to put in 300 to 400 more AI data centers, which use hundreds of millions of gallons of water a year.