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Google's tax dollars and jobs have boosted The Dalles. But the company’s insistence on secrecy is making residents uneasy.

Opal K. Smith, 93, was put under a conservatorship in 2015, and some family members are fighting to end it.

In the American West, data centers are clashing with local communities who want to preserve water amid drought. Where do we go from here?

In a time when newspapers often seem on the ropes — attacked by government officials, abandoned by readers — chalk up a big win for journalism.

The facility uses almost one third of the municipal water supply for the city. Google’s water use in Dalles, Oregon, has nearly tripled in the past five

Residents of The Dalles, Oregon, are learning how much of their water Google's data centers have been using to cool the computers inside the cavernous buildings — information that previously was deemed a trade secret.

GOOGLE SUCKS THE SOUL AND WATER OUT OF MEGADROUGHT AREAS, Google is siphoning up 3.36 Billion gallons of water, damaging the crops of farmers and altering the lifestyle of average Americans

Residents of The Dalles, Oregon, are learning how much of their water Google’s data centers have been using to cool the computers inside the cavernous buildings — information that previously was deemed a trade secret. Google says its data centers in the Oregon town consumed 274.5 million gallons (1 billion liters) of water last year.…

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/oregon-city-drops-fight-to-keep-google-water-use-private/"></div>Residents of The Dalles, Oregon, should soon know how much of their water Google’s data centers have been using to cool the computers inside the cavernous buildings — information that previously was deemed a trade secret. Data centers around the world help people stream movies, store trillions of photos and conduct daily bu...

Googles data centers in the small town consumed 1 billion liters of water last year.