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- Google is thirsty.
- Its latest environmental report shows a 20% jump in water consumption in its data centers.
- As the AI arms race heats up, it may only get worse.
Google just published its 2023 environmental report, and one thing is for certain: The company's water use is soaring.
The internet giant said it consumed 5.6 billion gallons of water in 2022, the equivalent of 37 golf courses. Most of that -- 5.2 billion gallons -- was used for the company's data centers, a 20% increase on the amount Google reported the year prior.