Share this storyIn 2021 The Dalles, Oregon (pop. ~15,000) sued The Oregonian/OregonLive to keep Google data center water use records secret after a district attorney ordered them released as public records. The city settled in late 2022 and released the figures. 2021 use was 355 million gallons, about 29% of the town’s total water. Oregon city drops fight to keep Google water use privatehttps://apnews.com/article/technology-business-oregon-the-dalles-climate-and-environment-f63f313b0ebde0d60aeb3dd58f51991cThe Dalles settles public records lawsuit over Google’s data centershttps://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2022/12/the-dalles-settles-public-records-lawsuit-over-googles-data-centers-will-disclose-water-use.htmlGoogle’s water use is soaring in The Dalleshttps://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2022/12/googles-water-use-is-soaring-in-the-dalles-records-show-with-two-more-data-centers-to-come.html