Google Henderson Data Center Campus
BSouthern Nevada, US · US · Google (Alphabet Inc.)
Environment
WRI Aqueduct 4.0, 2023, 2023
EPA eGrid 2022, AZNM subregion, 2022
NOAA Palmer Drought Severity Index, 2023
Clark County, Nevada permit records
Facility
Capacity estimated from Clark County permit records and satellite analysis; Google does not disclose facility-level capacity. Henderson campus uses evaporative cooling on Colorado River water via the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA).
Evidence (2 sources)
Confirms Henderson Nevada operational status and Google ownership.
Google opened its Henderson, Nevada data center campus in 2021, one of the company's largest single-campus facilities in the US.
Documents regulatory water stress context for all Henderson / Las Vegas data center operations.
SNWA water resource plan identifies large commercial water users including data centers as subject to Tier 2–3 conservation mandates during Bureau of Reclamation Colorado River shortage declarations.
Community
Southern Nevada Water Authority consumption reports document large commercial users subject to Tier 2 and Tier 3 conservation mandates during Bureau of Reclamation Colorado River shortage declarations; SNWA Water Resources Plan 2022 reference.
Community flags document events recorded in public sources. They do not imply causal attribution or ongoing harm.