BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) – The Western Virginia Water Authority this week released records detailing Google’s projected water use at a planned data center in Botetourt County, following a months-long court battle with the Roanoke Rambler.
The records show the data center will use 2 million gallons of water per day initially, eventually increasing to 8 million gallons per day.
A Roanoke Circuit Court judge became the first in Virginia to rule that a data center’s water usage cannot be considered proprietary information and withheld from a Freedom of Information Act request…