Infra2026-06-12 · source-backed
Amazon's data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water last year.
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The Verge reports the disclosure, reportedly a first, landing just after Seattle enacted a one-year data center moratorium. The physical resource cost of the compute buildout keeps getting more concrete. This is the part of the AI story that doesn't fit in a benchmark, and it's increasingly the part that decides where the next data center gets built.
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