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SN74LVC125ARGYR exposed pad

The datasheet for the quad buffer SN74LVC125ARGYR tells me that there is an exposed pad, but nowhere in the document it specifies which NET it should be connected to? Is this pad intended to be connected to GND, or to its own unconnected net?