From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcooling towerˈcooling ˌtower noun [countable]
TPa large round tall building, used in industry for making water cool

Examples from the Corpus
cooling tower• We have a monthly cooling tower water treatment with your company, the service consultant is John Norris.• Nothing breaches the flatness except some kind of smokestack or cooling tower a couple of miles to the north.