Google's data center raises the stakes in this state's 'water wars'

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Google's data center raises the stakes in this state's 'water wars'
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Endless emails, map requests, web searches, and everything else we do online requires the use of energy-hungry, water-guzzling data centers.*

For Google, that e**rmous thirst for water is causing controversy near Charleston, South Carolina, where the tech giant hosts a sprawling data center complex (https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/berkeley-county/).

Google wants to draw 1.5 million gallons per day from an aquifer to help cool the servers at its facility in Berkeley County. The data center already uses about 4 million gallons of surface water per day, the Post and Courier newspaper reported (http://www.postandcourier.com/news/google-s-controversial-groundwater-withdrawal-sparks-question-of-who-owns/article_bed9179c-1baa-11e7-983e-03d6b33a01e7.html).

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