#108, Dr. Margaret Cook, Data Center Water Use in Texas

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Dr. Todd Votteler interviews Dr. Margaret Cook about the water use of data centers in Texas and its implications for community resilience.

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, talks with Dr. Margaret Cook, Vice President of Water & Community Resilience at the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), about water use of data centers in Texas. Margaret leads a team of experts who build collaborative initiatives to enhance community resilience, sustainable development, and the availability and affordab...

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Host: Todd Votteler

Guest: Dr. Margaret Cook

Topics covered

• water use
• data centers
• community resilience
• sustainable development
• Texas

Keywords

• data center water use
• Texas
• community resilience
• sustainable development
• affordability

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Places: Texas

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