Water use
Google breaks ground on Uruguay data center planned with air cooling
Confirmed
- Date
- 2024-08-29
- Location
- Parque de las Ciencias, Canelones, Uruguay
- Category
- Water use
Google’s foundation-stone ceremony took place on August 29 at Parque de las Ciencias, according to a government account published August 30. The government described the planned cooling system as using air instead of water. Industry reporting had described water-use concerns and the switch to a smaller, air-cooled project. The event date is the ceremony date, not the article date or environmental authorization date. Air cooling is a design commitment, not proof of zero total water use; a dedicated AI workload is not established.