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Amazon claims minimal data center water use, targets "water positive" by 2030

Amazon has stated that its data centers use a minimal amount of water, consuming only 0.075% of what Americans use for lawn and garden watering. The company highlighted its water efficiency improvements, aiming to be "water positive" by 2030. Amazon primarily uses air cooling and has increased server temperature thresholds to reduce water reliance, employing evaporative cooling only when necessary. AI

IMPACT Highlights the ongoing debate around the environmental impact of data centers, particularly concerning water usage, as AI infrastructure scales.

RANK_REASON Article discusses a company's claims about its environmental impact and efficiency, rather than a new product release, research, or significant industry event.

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Amazon claims minimal data center water use, targets "water positive" by 2030

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Jowi Morales ·

    Amazon says its data centers consume only 0.075% of the water Americans use for watering their lawns and gardens — company also boasts of its improvements in water efficiency

    Amazon says that it uses 2.5 billion gallons of water annually for data center cooling but compares it to the 3.3 trillion gallons of water used for watering lawns and gardens in the U.S. every year.