{"id":3036,"date":"2026-06-11T21:26:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/amazons-data-centers-used-2-5-billion-gallons-of-water-last-year\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T21:26:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:26:57","slug":"amazons-data-centers-used-2-5-billion-gallons-of-water-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/amazons-data-centers-used-2-5-billion-gallons-of-water-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon\u2019s data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Graphic image of a data center.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/STKS528_DATA_CENTERS2_C.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Just after Seattle enacted a one-year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/948031\/seattle-officially-enacted-an-emergency-one-year-moratorium-on-new-data-centers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data center moratorium<\/a> that some of Amazon&rsquo;s own employees pushed for, Amazon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aboutamazon.com\/news\/sustainability\/amazon-data-center-water-usage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared<\/a> how much water its data centers use, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latitudemedia.com\/news\/amazon-finally-reports-its-annual-water-use-at-data-centers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly<\/a> for the first time. With concerns about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/845831\/ai-chips-data-center-power-water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">water consumption and energy use<\/a> 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. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Amazon also claims it&rsquo;s using water more efficiently than some Big Tech rivals &#8211; this graphic in Amazon&rsquo;s report points to M \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/948534\/amazon-data-centers-water-use\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just after Seattle enacted a one-year data center moratorium that some of Amazon&rsquo;s own employees pushed for, Amazon shared how 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