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Google Not Allowed to Use Water From the Sambre to Cool Data Center: “Climate Change Is Pressing in on Us”

American tech giant Google is not allowed by Walloon Minister of Spatial Planning François Desquesnes (Les Engagés) to use water from the Sambre to cool its future data center in Farciennes (Hainaut). 'Le Soir' and RTBF reported this on Friday.

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American tech giant Google is not allowed by Walloon Minister of Spatial Planning François Desquesnes (Les Engagés) to use water from the Sambre to cool its future data center in Farciennes (Hainaut). 'Le Soir' and RTBF reported this on Friday.

·Kobbegem, Belgium
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The Walloon Minister of the Territory, François Desquesnes (The Engaged), refuses Google to pump water in the Samber to cool down its future data center in Farciennes, reports Le Soir and our public service colleagues this Friday. Minister Desquesnes has decided to refuse the American giant an amendment permit for his future second data center that he has to build in Farciennes. "I do not wish to engage in a hydrological context that changes in …

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Het Laatste Nieuws broke the news in Kobbegem, Belgium on Friday, August 14, 2026.
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