Google Plans New Texas Data Center with Advanced Air Cooling Amid Water Concerns
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Google's Texas Data Center to Use 'Advanced Air Cooling' Amid Water Concerns
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Moneycontrol•25-02-2026, 08:26
Google's Texas Data Center to Use 'Advanced Air Cooling' Amid Water Concerns
•Google is building a new data center campus in Texas, emphasizing its use of 'advanced air-cooling technology' to minimize fresh water consumption.
•The facility is part of Google’s $40 billion investment in Texas, limiting water use to critical operations like kitchens, not large-scale cooling.
•The announcement comes as communities nationwide push back against data centers for straining power grids, increasing electricity prices, and consuming vast amounts of water.
•Google claims its expansion will strengthen the grid by adding 7,800 megawatts of energy generation, though the impact on AI workload demand is debated.
•OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed water usage concerns as 'fake,' while Elon Musk suggested space-based data centers, raising new environmental questions.
