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Data center water impact, NC

North Carolina data centers ranked by water impact

Each campus's composite Water Impact combines modeled municipal water intake, supply-risk, treatment-chemical opportunity, and receiving-utility strain. Water intake is a modeled estimate (design-adjusted from disclosed capacity), never a metered figure.

Campuses covered

3

Avg water impact

37.1

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CampusCoolingWater intakeRiskOpportunityImpact
Google Lenoir Data CenterAlphabet (Google) · Caldwellevaporativenot modeledmediumtier347.1medium
Apple Maiden Data Center (iCloud East)Apple Inc. · Catawbaevaporativenot modeledmediumtier337.9low
Meta Forest City Data CenterMeta Platforms · Rutherfordevaporativenot modeledmediumtier326.4medium

Water intake is modeled (design-adjusted from disclosed IT capacity), not a metered withdrawal. Bands are coarse tiers; the composite Water Impact is a 0-100 confidence-weighted score.

Source: OpenStreetMap facility inventory + EPA/USGS water data via the Water Hawk intelligence layer.