[ojbyrne]

I was just looking at water usage in the Las Vegas area and found that one Google data center in Henderson consumes 320 million gallons a year. Just for comparison I looked at golf courses in the area and 1 golf course consumed 450 million gallons.

I see quite a few golf course near The Dalles, Oregon. (“The” is actually part of the town name).

[seanmcdirmid]

The Dalles is just at the end of the wet side of the Columbia river gorge before it starts getting to a semi-arid region (starting about at Biggs Junction). Golf courses are more desirable toward the dryer side because it’s hard to get a game of golf in when it’s raining all the time. It is still a water limited place.