Google claims it’s building data centers that barely use any water

Google another data center in Texas and this one will use “advanced air-cooling technology” to limit . Google is claiming that water use will be limited to “critical campus operations” like kitchens.

These specifics follow the previously announced two-year the company has pledged in the Lone Star State. The company is also touting some 7,800 megawatts of net energy generation and capacity it has contracted with utility providers to add to the Texas grid.

The company’s resource-conscious commitments come as communities nationwide are on data center construction, amid concerns that they are , worsening global and often using of fresh water. But don’t worry, because OpenAI CEO Sam Altman the water concerns are “fake” and that “it also takes a lot of energy to train a human.”

A growing number of voices in tech, most notably Tesla CEO Elon Musk, have said that building would address many of these concerns. But some experts believe the potential environmental downside .