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Amazon’s data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water last year

Via The Verge AI
Thursday, Jun 11, 2026 · 5:26PM
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Just after Seattle enacted a one-year data center moratorium that some of Amazon's own employees pushed for, Amazon shared how much water its data centers use, reportedly for the first time. With concerns about water consumption and energy use a focus of new AI data center construction debates, Amaz

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