“The broad attention is showing the world what local leaders have spent the past half-century trying to prove: This desert city can be a major player in global tech and manufacturing.”
But putting the water shortage in the very last sentence of the story? Seems like burying the lede.
Move to the desert, put a strain on the electric grid running AC all the time, and strain the water supply for a population that can’t be supported. What could go wrong?
I think we’re perfectly capable of building well-designed, sustainable cities in the desert. But Phoenix is not a model I would want to replicate.