Amazon Web Services on Thursday announced that efforts to curb water use at its data centers have made it seven times more water-efficient than the industry average.
The company says it’s 75% of the way toward its goal of being water positive by 2030, meaning for each gallon consumed at a data center, it will return a greater volume to the same community where it was drawn.
Data center operators are trying to address concerns about water and energy usage as AI adoption drives massive expansion of the facilities.
Even in Amazon’s backyard, resistance is growing. Seattle’s city council this week unanimously approved a one-year emergency moratorium on new large data centers inside city limits.
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