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October 15, 2025: AI’s energy and water needs, Waymo regulations, authors settle AI lawsuit

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A big modular box-style building and a parking lot are situated in front of a navy blue and white mountain range.
A rendering shows the future Prometheus Hyperscale data center near Evanston, Wyo. It takes up a quarter-mile in front of the Uinta Mountains on the Wyoming-Utah border. The company plans to build similar designs in Casper, Wyo., as well as Arizona, Colorado and Texas.

This episode is full of news about what AI means for our lives. First, what you should know about driverless cars that will soon share the roads in metro Denver. Then, in the Wild West of data centers, more of these AI warehouses are coming our way – and competing for energy and water. Plus, authors here who are part of a massive settlement with an AI developer may not take the money.

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This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Bazi Kanani. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Corey Jones, Rachel Estabrook and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Rachel Estabrook. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.