Amazon touts water savings amid data center pushback
Summary
Amazon says its data centers use water more efficiently than most others and are working to give back more water to local communities than they use. The company aims to improve water use as concerns grow about the environmental effects of building many new data centers for AI technology.Key Facts
- Amazon is 75% toward its goal to replenish more water than it uses by 2030.
- Its data centers are said to be seven times more water-efficient than the industry average.
- About 70% of Americans oppose building data centers in their areas, mainly due to worries about water use.
- Amazon uses "free-air" cooling, which cools data centers with outside air to reduce water use.
- On very hot days, Amazon uses some water cooling to save electricity during peak grid demand.
- The company reduced water use in Northern Virginia by 42% from 2024 to 2025 while growing computing demand.
- Data centers generate heat that must be removed to keep equipment working.
- Amazon and Google note that data centers use less water compared to farming and lawn watering.
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