Public statement checked
Answer
Verdict on the wording above: Company claim The only support is the company or its agents. Shown as stated, not adopted. Not a finding that it is true or false. How verdicts work →
- Who stated it
- Said by Google · company statement in Google project announcement · 22 October 2025 →
- What the evidence establishes
- Google says it transferred the aquifer storage and recovery system and associated groundwater rights to the city, providing the community with more than 100 million additional gallons annually. The figure is not data-center consumption. It is shown as the company’s statement, not as a finding either way.
- Biggest limitation
- Site-specific cooling design, cooling-water source, and measured data-center withdrawal, consumption, and discharge.
- Checked
- 16 September 2026 · Next review: A utility, permit, or operating disclosure that separates data-center water use from the city aquifer project · History (1) →
Evidence
What the evidence supports
Google says it transferred the aquifer storage and recovery system and associated groundwater rights to the city, providing the community with more than 100 million additional gallons annually. The figure is not data-center consumption.
Still unknown
Site-specific cooling design, cooling-water source, and measured data-center withdrawal, consumption, and discharge.
Sources
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Google project announcement → Archived copy Company
Exact location https://blog.google/company-news/outreach-and-initiatives/sustainability/the-dalles-oregon-water/
What it supports Completion and transfer of the aquifer storage system and Google's stated annual community-capacity figure.
Corrections and history
Correction · 16 September 2026 · Editorial classification update
google-the-dalles → Cooling + water
Field Cooling + water
From Google The Dalles: Mixed evidence
To Google says The Dalles aquifer project added more than 100 million gallons a year of stored-water capacity for the community.
Why A source re-read replaced a generated status label with the exact company claim and separated community storage capacity from data-center water use.
Evidence No additional evidence link; see the linked record or claim.
Review details
Scope
- Unit
- stored-water capacity
- Geography
- City of The Dalles aquifer storage project; not data-center water use
- Period
- annual
- Confidence
- medium — company announcement
- Kind
- Public statement checked
Conflicting evidence
None recorded when this claim was checked. That records what we logged, not a finding that no conflicting record exists.
Chronology
- Stated by Google
- Published — Google project announcement
- Source retrieved
- Changed wording recorded
- Checked by DataCenterData
- Date not established Next review: A utility, permit, or operating disclosure that separates data-center water use from the city aquifer project
Data
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