The California Coastal Commission last week approved a rule change to make it easier to build affordable housing in Monterey and elsewhere along the hundreds of miles of the Pacific coast.
The report's authors conclude that between 2019 and 2023, electricity use and carbon emissions by CA data centers nearly doubled, while on-site water consumption slightly more than doubled. But without hard data from the centers themselves, it's hard to know for sure.
King tides can bring water over the edge of SF's Embarcadero, as well as Sausalito’s Marinship neighborhood and sections of U.S. Highway 101 at Mill Valley and Stinson Beach.