Data center drained 30 million gallons (114 million liters) of water without reporting or paying for it, investigation reveals
Residents had previously been asked to conserve their own water usage.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/data-center-drained-30-million-002000882.html
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https://winbuzzer.com/2026/05/12/georgia-data-center-secretly-used-29m-gallons-of-water-xcxwbn/
Fayette County, Georgia asked residents to stop watering lawns during drought while a 6.2 million-square-foot QTS data-center campus moved water through two unmetered pipes and faced no fine beyond a $147,474 retroactive bill.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/08/georgia-data-centers-water-00909988?ref=am-quickie.ghost.io
When the county utility investigated, officials discovered two industrial-scale water hookups feeding a data center campus located 20 miles south of downtown Atlanta. One water connection had been installed without the utility’s knowledge, and the other was not linked to the company’s account and therefore wasn’t being billed.
All told, the developer, Quality Technology Services, owed nearly $150,000 for using more than 29 million gallons of unaccounted-for water. That is equivalent to 44 Olympic-size swimming pools and far exceeds the peak limit agreed to during the data center planning process.
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Residents in Fayetteville, Georgia, noticed low water pressure last year. The utility discovered two unaccounted-for water connections at one of the nation’s largest data center campuses.
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“These data centers are taking over because they like to get in a county where they can run and do whatever they want without being restricted,” Garcia said.
by @ticosalvi
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