Google has expanded a partnership with Arable to support water sustainability efforts across North and South Carolina.

The partnership will see the deployment of Arable's in-field irrigation technology to hundreds of fields across the two states. It aims to directly support water sustainability in the Edisto-Santee River Basin in South Carolina and the Catawba and Pee Dee Basins in North Carolina.

As part of the agreement, Google will provide funding for the deployment of the technology across 20,000 acres in both states, aiming to save more than 500 million gallons of water annually over an eight-year period.

"Supporting responsible and sustainable water use in agriculture is essential for the long-term health of ecosystems and communities," said Suzie Shin, data center sustainability programs manager at Google. "With data center campuses in both North Carolina and South Carolina, we're proud to build on our work with Arable to bring this solution to a region we have called home for nearly 20 years."

The project aims to support Google's commitment to replenishing more water than it consumes by 2030. Most of the company's water use is tied to its data centers, which require significant amounts of water for cooling. In the US, the average hyperscale data center consumes around 550,000 gallons of water each day, which accounts for more than 200 million gallons annually.

The project will be the second between the two companies, following a similar agreement in Nebraska last year. As part of that deal, Google provided funding for the deployment of Arable’s technology across 25,000 acres in the Twin Platte Natural Resources District, in North Platte, Nebraska.

Arable’s solution integrates weather, crop, soil, and irrigation data into a single system, which allows farmers to optimize irrigation decisions based on exactly how much water their crop needs at all times.

Google has signed several other water sustainability agreements over recent months. In March, the company signed four partnerships across Chile, California, Taiwan, and France to support water sustainability measures.

The projects are part of Google's broader effort in water conservation. In 2021, the tech giant set a target to replenish 120 percent of the freshwater consumption from its offices and data centers by 2030.

In addition to the four initiatives, Google says it has supported 112 projects across 68 watersheds across the world. It estimates that through these projects, it replenished approximately 4.5 billion gallons of water in 2024 alone.