The Colorado River source in the Rocky Mountains is drying up, threatening water for 35 million people across the Southwest. The Ogallala Aquifer underlying eight states has lost roughly 30% of its water since 1900 and continues being overpumped faster than nature replenishes it—and data center proposals on top of it are now drawing mainstream attention. The post's tone is dismissive ('people are just NOW noticing') rather than alarmed, which undercuts the severity of a cascading water crisis affecting agriculture, drinking water, and energy production across the West.