Chip making uses "a lot of water." (Parts of) Arizona is experiencing water shortage, particularly aquifer draw down.

I wonder what the effect of chip making in Arizona will be in Arizona, relative to other water use.

Parts of Arizona by law don't meter aquifer use, which disincentivizes current ag users to conserve, and has incentivized corporate ag to relocate there. (From memory, and I may have botched that memory)

I wonder if TSMC is locating in an unmetered location, or getting a formal water regulation break.