Google says the Ellis County expansion will be closed-loop air-cooled, unlike the buildings already running
Alongside a $10M Texas Water Impact Fund launched that week, Google published a site-by-site view of its Texas data centers in which Midlothian and Red Oak are listed as operational and expanding, evaporative cooled today, with the expansion closed-loop air-cooled.
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