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Amazon disclosed its first global data center water usage report, revealing a 2% efficiency gain despite operational expansion, though the figures exclude indirect consumption from power generation and construction. While Amazon claims superior efficiency compared to rivals like Google and Meta, the comparison is skewed by Amazon reporting on all operations versus Google's specific AI-focused data. This transparency highlights the critical industry debate surrounding direct water cooling methods and the need for standardized metrics that account for the full lifecycle of data center resource consumption.

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Amazon’s data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water last year

The VergeJune 11, 20262 min read

Just after Seattle enacted a one-year data center moratorium that some of Amazon's own employees pushed for, Amazon shared how much water its data centers use, reportedly for the first time. With concerns about water consumption and energy use a focus of new AI data center construction debates, Amazon says its global data center operations consumed 2.5 billion gallons of water in 2025 at a rate of 0.12 liters per kilowatt-hour of electricity, dropping by two percent from its 2024 total even as it expanded operations. Amazon also claims it's using water more efficiently than some Big Tech rivals - this graphic in Amazon's report points to M … Read the full story at The Verge.

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