Controlled Thermal Resources

Gas spikes and geopolitics: Why the ‘Lithium Valley’ dream is charging back to life

A proposed 950,000-square-foot AI data center in California's Imperial Valley is facing fierce opposition from residents over its projected water consumption from the Colorado River. Controlled Thermal Resources (CTR), a company focused on lithium extraction, has pivoted its business model to provide geothermal power for AI data centers, leading to local tensions.