Amazon Discloses Its Data Centers Used 2.5 Billion Gallons of Water Last Year
The Verge·medium signal
Amazon, reportedly for the first time, disclosed that its data centers consumed 2.5 billion gallons of water in the past year — landing just after Seattle enacted a one-year data center moratorium that some Amazon employees had pushed for. The figure sharpens scrutiny of the physical resource cost of AI compute buildout. Relevant to the broader narrative on AI infrastructure's energy and water footprint.