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Google Is Really, Really Thirsty
(gizmodo.com)
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The article notes that some of that water is ground water that's drinkable, too. But there's no proportion of drinkable to waste water provided.
That’s actually a fantastic use of resources. Their chillers probably work much for efficiently. It’s similar to traditional power plants.
No, it isn't. The key conceit is they are removing water from the river and evaporating it.
The water isn't 'lost' it is still part of the hydrosphere, but it is made non-local. That water goes into the air and will go on to be rain in some place far away from the community where it was sourced. This will absolutely contrubute to local droughts and water insecurity.