Water · checked 12 September 2026

Google reported 2025 withdrawal, discharge and consumption figures for its New Albany, Lancaster and Lockbourne campuses.

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Water · OH

Company claim

Said by Google (company) in Google 2026 Environmental Report, p. 97.

Checked 12 September 2026

Google reported 2025 withdrawal, discharge and consumption figures for its New Albany, Lancaster and Lockbourne campuses.

What the evidence supports

Google's 2026 Environmental Report p. 97 publishes company-reported calendar-year 2025 figures, in million gallons: New Albany withdrawal 1,008.1 / discharge 172.4 / consumption 835.7; Lancaster 307.1 / 171.3 / 135.8; Lockbourne 460.8 / 101.3 / 359.5. DataCenterData independently re-extracted Google's table; that does not independently measure the underlying water. These are not city-meter evidence, cooling-only measures, or peak-day rates. Lockbourne remains a source label and is not attached to the Columbus campus record.

Still unknown

Independent utility/meter corroboration; cooling share; peak-day demand; operators other than Google.

Confidence: medium — Company environmental report; not a municipal meter audit. · 1 sources

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Evidence details

  1. Google 2026 Environmental Report → Company

    Exact location physical and printed p. 97 of 117, Water use by data center location — 2025; withdrawal, discharge and consumption columns; endnote 224

    What it supports Company-reported 2025 withdrawal, discharge and consumption by named campus. Google says water is potable unless specified. Third-party limited assurance is not a municipal meter audit.

    Retrieved 12 September 2026 · published 2026

Counterevidence

None recorded.

Next check

Municipal or utility meter records for the named campuses

History

Correction · 12 September 2026 · Software-assisted second check

Record → Water

Field Water

From The evidence link opened the report landing page and described the unit as million US gallons.

To The evidence link opens the report PDF, cites the exact p. 97 table, and uses its printed unit, million gallons.

Why Independent re-extraction confirmed the three Google-reported Ohio rows without turning company reporting into municipal measurement.

Evidence https://sustainability.google/files/google-2026-environmental-report.pdf →

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