Google is planning to build a data center in Hainaut and draw water from the Sambre River, but a local official has refused the necessary water permit.
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Updated Aug 17
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What happened
Google is planning to build a data center in Hainaut and draw water from the Sambre River, but a local official has refused the necessary water permit.
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The entities involved
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Hainaut
province in Wallonia, Belgium
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Google
American multinational technology company, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.
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