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09/07/21 9:09 AM

#8682 RE: umiak #8681

I searched "google's number of server plants in USA" and this came up
an excerpt:

The Secret Cost of Google's Data Centers: Billions of Gallons of Water to Cool Servers

Clashes over the company’s water use may increase as it chases Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in the booming cloud-computing market. Google has 21 data center locations currently. After pumping $13 billion into offices and data centers in 2019, it plans to spend another $10 billion across the U.S. this year.

“The race for data centers to keep up with it all is pretty frantic,” said Kevin Kent, chief executive officer of consulting firm Critical Facilities Efficiency Solutions. “They can’t always make the most environmentally best choices.”

Google often puts data centers close to large population hubs to help its web services respond quickly. Sometimes that means building in hot and dry regions. The processing units inside heat up easily and water is needed to cool them down.

https://time.com/5814276/google-data-centers-water/