Google Strives To Keep Data Center Water Use Secret After Judge Orders Records Released
A Roanoke judge has ordered the Western Virginia Water Authority to release information related to a potential Google data center.
All over the world, Google tries to keep secret its water use
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"Data centers use massive amounts of water to cool their computing equipment. According to the draft agreement, as reported by Cardinal News, the water authority planned to provide 2 million gallons of water per day, increasing to 8 million gallons per day based on possible future expansions.
As conceived, such a data center would use between seven and 30 times as much water as the authority’s current top customer, the Coca-Cola bottling plant."