The US is spending billions to boost semiconductor manufacturing. For the new plants to crank out silicon chips, they need to source millions of gallons of ultrapure water. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

<p>The US is spending billions to boost semiconductor manufacturing. For the new plants to crank out silicon chips, they need to source millions of gallons of ultrapure water. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/want-to-win-a-chip-war-youre-gonna-need-a-lot-of-water/">here</a>.</p>

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