Google datacenters use 'a quarter of all water' in one US city
Google has disclosed how much water its datacenters consume, following a legal battle between a local media outlet and the city of The Dalles in Oregon, which sought to keep the information confidential.
The figures show that the search giant consumed 274.5 million gallons of water during 2021 at its facilities in The Dalles alone. This is dwarfed by the 845.8 million gallons consumed by Google datacenter infrastructure at Council Bluffs in Iowa. Overall, Google's consumption of water across the US during 2021 accounted for 3.3 billion gallons , with “additional global locations” representing an extra 971 million gallons .
This may sound like a lot , but to put it in perspective, Google claims that the total annual water consumption of its datacenter operations is comparable to the water footprint of 29 golf courses in the southwest US.These figures also refer to potable water, and do not include other sources such as seawater, Google said.
The case was touted as a major test of Oregon public records law by media outlet The Oregonian, which requested the information from Google last year, as
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