Improper redaction reveals Google data center water and electricity usage

Black rectangles over PDF text are decoration, not redaction. A Lincoln reporter simply selected and copied the figures Google had filed as trade secrets: 52.65 MW at peak demand, 13.299 megagallons of water over the last year, and a $55,822,472 expected refund on 2025 taxes, for a 288,530 sq ft site. Whatever you make of the numbers, “flatten the PDF” belongs in every disclosure checklist 😅