While a couple months back an article[1] discussed how Google was keeping the water requirements a secret from locals who wanted transparency, claiming it was proprietary knowledge.

So they sued and discovered it will use 2-8 million gallons of drinking water per day[2], seemingly near the limit of their capacity to handle, judging by comments from officials.

> 'That water supply that otherwise would not be required until 2060 or the 2060s, suddenly becomes something that we need to be worried about during the 2030s.’

> If it exceeds that demand, they’re going to have to start looking for a new water source.

So I'm not sure how this fits with the claims of the article from the OP. I suppose if anything it disproportionately affects certain places not as well equipped for it?

[1] https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/06/how-much-water-do-the-dat...

[2] https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2026/02/26/google-data-cente...