Fulton County issues boil-water advisory after Cascade Road water-main break

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:22:00 -0400

Fulton County issued a boil-water advisory Friday morning for parts of southwest Atlanta after a water-main break on Cascade Road SW sent water gushing into the roadway and forced emergency shutoffs that drained pressure in the local distribution network.

The advisory covers ZIP codes 30311 and 30331, county water-resources staff said in a 10:22 a.m. alert. Residents and businesses in those ZIPs should boil tap water for at least one minute before drinking, brushing teeth, washing dishes, or preparing food. The advisory also applies to ice made from tap water.

Atlanta's data center boom has a water problem nobody wants to solve

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:00:00 -0400

I want to talk about something the Atlanta metro’s data-center boom has been quietly doing for the past three years, and that nobody in a position to do anything about it seems to want to discuss in public.

Water.

Hyperscale data centers — the massive warehouses that run cloud computing and AI training — use staggering amounts of water for cooling. A single medium-sized facility uses as much water per day as a small city. The largest ones use more than some Georgia counties.

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Fulton County issues boil-water advisory after Cascade Road water-main break

Atlanta's data center boom has a water problem nobody wants to solve