Amazon data centers use 0.075% of US lawn-watering water, reports efficiency gains
Amazon has published water-efficiency metrics for its data center fleet, claiming consumption of just 0.075% of the water Americans use to irrigate lawns and gardens annually. The company highlighted operational improvements in water recycling and cooling infrastructure.
The claim is a bid to head off ESG scrutiny on data center cooling demands as AI capex continues to surge across the industry, with water usage increasingly a regional bottleneck for GPU-dense facilities.