UPDATE: Improper redaction reveals Lincoln’s Google Data Center water and electricity usage
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Nebraska data centers are required to turn in an annual report to Nebraska’s Department of Water, Energy, and Environment, but some state statutes are preventing the public from seeing just how much electricity and water data centers are using.
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    Metric Reported figure Time basis Safe interpretation
    Agate LLC / Google Lincoln electricity 52.65 MW peak electrical demand Peak power, not annual energy consumption
    Agate LLC / Google Lincoln water 13.299 million gal past year 13.299 Mgal/year
    Six Nebraska data centers, combined water 765 million gal past year 765 Mgal/year
    Fireball Group / Google Papillion water 547.88 million gal 2025 annual consumption 547.88 Mgal/year