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.