Beacon Falls, CT
O&G Industries – Beacon Falls
O&G Industries · Under construction · Near Gruber Road & Railroad Avenue
Two-story, 294,164 sq ft facility on 47 acres of a former sand mine, approved unanimously by Beacon Falls residents in 2022. Under construction as of 2026. Includes an on-site fuel cell for power.
Estimated water use
Estimate0–1,600,000 gal/day
The operator has not disclosed a cooling technology, so this range spans every cooling type this site tracks, at the published capacity of 32 MW. The width of this range is exactly the uncertainty a cooling-type disclosure would remove.
By cooling technology
- Fully air-cooled≈ 0 gal/day
- Closed-loop chilled water22,720–59,200 gal/day
- Evaporative cooling towers592,000–1,600,000 gal/day
32 MW capacity: datacenterdynamics.com
Each scenario uses that technology's own published ratio and source. Scenarios are never averaged — no source supports a number in between.
Derived from published industry ratios; actual use depends on the cooling system chosen, operating conditions, load, and weather.
Lifecycle timeline
ObservedConfirmed events only, each with its source.
~January 2022
Beacon Falls approves 32 MW data center
Construction firm gains approval for a 32 MW, 294,164 sq ft data center in Beacon Falls, CT.
Source
Observed hydrologic data
ObservedFrom nearby USGS and NOAA monitoring stations, refreshed monthly. Dashed lines mark lifecycle milestones.
Groundwater level (ft below surface)
5 stations, overlaid · monthly average
Streamflow (cubic ft/sec)
USGS Naugatuck River at Beacon Falls, CT (01208500) · monthly average
Precipitation (in)
NOAA Prospect 0.5 SW, CT (GHCND:US1CTNH0022) · monthly average
Regulatory records
ObservedWater permits and environmental compliance records from CT DEEP Water Diversion Program and EPA ECHO.
O & G Industries, Inc.DIVC-202304337
- Permitted maximum
- 0.5 MGD
- Type
- Surface Water Withdrawal
- Status
- Inactive
- Expires
- Oct 15, 2048
The permitted maximum is the volume this holder is legally authorized to withdraw, not actual reported usage, which CT DEEP collects but does not publish.
O&G INDUSTRIES INC BEACON FALLSBEACON FALLS, CT
- Clean Air Act
- No Violation Identified
- Clean Water Act
- No Violation Identified
0 inspections on record (last Sep 4, 2020) · 0 formal enforcement actions · full ECHO report ↗
Drawdown story
AssessmentIs the water table's behavior near this facility consistent with its estimated draw — and how strong is the evidence? A fixed rubric, recomputed monthly; every number below is stored with the inputs that produced it. Method: attribution-v1.
1 · Pathway
This facility withdraws surface water — its estimated draw acts on a river or pond, not this local water table.
2 · Detectability
Even at the high end of the estimate, the draw would be invisible (under 0.2 ft) at the nearest monitored well 6.1 mi away — "not detectable" is the expected outcome.
3 · Signal
No monitored well within 2 miles of this facility — there is no near-field record to compare against controls.
No local withdrawal pathway — estimated draw does not reach this water table directly.
Attribution evidence score: withheld · as of 2026-07-22 · attribution-v1