Amazon says its data centers used ~2.5B gallons of water in 2025, or 0.12 liters of water per kWh, and water use at sites it owns and operates fell 2% from 2024

Wall Street Journal 2026-06-12 Anvee Bhutani

Craig Sundstrom Craig Sundstrom on linkedin
Today we're sharing our 2025 water data, and I am proud to work with teams across Amazon who have made us an industry leader in water. …
Brandon Oyer Brandon Oyer on linkedin
The operational discipline behind water efficiency doesn't get a lot of headlines. But it should. — Our teams manage thousands of real …
Stephen Jolly Stephen Jolly on linkedin
This is worth resharing. As someone who works in data centers, I want to highlight something that often gets overlooked in the conversation: we live in these communities too. …
Chelsea Merrick Chelsea Merrick on linkedin
Incredibly proud to share this today — Amazon just disclosed that our data centers are 7x more water-efficient than the industry average …
Joern Tinnemeyer Joern Tinnemeyer on linkedin
Today we're sharing our 2025 water data — and I'm proud of what our engineering teams have built. At 0.12 liters per kilowatt-hour, our WUE is 7x more efficient than the industry average. …
@justmyopinionok @justmyopinionok on bluesky
And they're bragging about “water efficiency” because of a 2% decrease? 😡 — Better than nothing I suppose but... they clearly aren't getting what people are complaining about 🙄

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