Google's data center in Cedar Rapids is facing local pressure to change its water usage methods due to resource strain.
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Updated Aug 18
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What happened
Google's data center in Cedar Rapids is facing local pressure to change its water usage methods due to resource strain.
Who's involved
What this event is mainly aboutHow it developed
Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.- The county seat is in the city of Cedar Rapids, and the local landfill is now receiving waste from the operational data center of Google.Sub-event
Local pressure forces Google to alter water usage methods at its Cedar Rapids data center.1 source
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The entities involved
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Google
American multinational technology company, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.
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Cedar Rapids
city in and seat of Linn County, Iowa, United States
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