[Aurornis]

I’ve driven through The Dalles. It’s a very small town. A search shows a population of 15,000 and declining annually.

It’s also right on a big river. The article you linked said that Google was spending nearly $30 million to improve the city’s water infrastructure so there are no problems.

Talking about this in terms of percentages of a small town’s water supply while ignoring the fact that the city is literally on a giant river and Google is paying for the water infrastructure is misleading.

[grafmax]

2/3rds of new data centers are built in areas of existing water scarcity.

[watwut]

The question was water spendinf per square meters compared to household. That question was answered and does not depend on proximity to river.