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The two richest US counties are the top two datacenter counties

development2026-08-16

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The two richest US counties are also the top two data center counties, while a lab agreed to recycle ten million gallons of Memphis water daily to end its aquifer draws and Malaysia's chip boom lifted growth to 6% despite protests.

Reported metric: 10M gallons/day

Reporting date: 2026-08-16 (not necessarily the event date)

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Buyers strip engines off private jets to power datacenters

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The two richest US counties are the top two datacenter counties
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Reporting date: 2026-08-16
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-08-16-the-richest-counties-are-the-datacenter-counties
Claim: The two richest US counties are also the top two data center counties, while a lab agreed to recycle ten million gallons of Memphis water daily to end its aquifer draws and Malaysia's chip boom lifted growth to 6% despite protests.
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- Welcome to August 16, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-august-16-2026
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