Google has proven to be particularly thirsty in this regard, not to mention secretive.
2022: Google's water use in The Dalles had almost tripled over five years. The increased usage was enabled, in no small part, because of increased access to the municipal water supply in return for an upgrade to the water supply and a transfer of certain water rights. Since establishing the first data centre in The Dalles in 2005, Google has also received tax breaks worth $260 million
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2308/S00011/water-wars-cooling-the-data-centres.htm
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