"Google's water use is soaring in The Dalles, records show, with two more data centers to come." Not Dallas, which is in Texas, The Dalles, which is in Oregon. It's a town in eastern Oregon on the Columbia River.
"The Dalles turned over records of Google's water consumption this past week after an unsuccessful, 13-month legal fight to keep the information secret." "City attorneys claimed Google's water use was a 'trade secret,' exempt from disclosure under Oregon law, and sued The Oregonian/OregonLive to block the release of the information. Google paid more than $100,000 to fund The Dalles' legal fight to maintain that secrecy over the past year."
Data center water consumption is a trade secret, who knew?
What Google uses the water for is cooling. Water use is up 3x since 2017.
Google's water use is soaring in The Dalles, records show, with two more data centers to come
