Every Google search, shared document, map destination, calendar alert, Gmail message and streamed YouTube video is powered by sprawling data centers across the globe, including one in Berkeley County.

Google just published its 2023 environmental report, and one thing is for certain: The company's water use is soaring. The internet giant said it consumed 5.6 billion gallons of water in 2022, the ...

Data centers will continue finding ways to shift their costs to residential customers unless we force them to pay their own way.

Google is supercharging the Home app with hot water controls for its European users as well as other climate controls for all ...

Your Google Nest Thermostat just got a great heating upgrade in the Google Home app, just in time for the chilly autumn / ...

The internet giant Google has been permitted by the state to pull a total of 549 million gallons of groundwater per year for its Berkeley County server plant — despite concerns from Charleston area ...

The city has agreed to deliver an undisclosed amount of groundwater to proposed Google data centers and is suing to keep the company’s water use private. Multi-color pipes transport water around ...

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Google forbids city officials from disclosing how much water the tech giant plans to use for a new data center. This shroud of secrecy is not sitting well with area residents. The Google data center ...

Google is negotiating to build two more data centers in The Dalles, seeking access to a lot more water and a new package of tax breaks in exchange for spending hundreds of millions of dollars to ...

Google has released a technical paper detailing its methodology for measuring the energy, emissions, and water impact of Gemini AI prompts.