Google Cloud Quilicura Data Center (Santiago)
BSantiago Metropolitan Region, Chile · CL · Google (Alphabet Inc.)
Environment
WRI Aqueduct 4.0, 2023, 2023
IEA Electricity Information 2022, Chile, 2022
Dirección Meteorológica de Chile, 2023
Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental (SEA), Chile
Facility
80 MW confirmed via public Acciona renewable energy procurement contract. Google southamerica-west1 cloud region.
Evidence (2 sources)
Confirms 80 MW capacity via documented public power procurement contract — the only confirmed MW figure for this site.
80 MW confirmed IT load at Google's Quilicura campus, powered by 80 MW Acciona solar contract from the Atacama desert.
Documents formal regulatory water concerns for Santiago data centers from civil society and government.
Chilean environmental groups and water regulators have formally documented concerns about hyperscale data center water consumption in the Santiago basin megadrought zone.
Community
Chilean environmental groups and water regulators have documented concerns about data center freshwater consumption in the Santiago basin, which is experiencing a prolonged megadrought since 2007.
Community flags document events recorded in public sources. They do not imply causal attribution or ongoing harm.