[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-amazon-data-centers-consume-25-billion-gallons-of-water":10},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":24,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":22,"tags":25,"sources":29,"feedback":36,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":36,"total_tokens":36},712,"amazon-data-centers-consume-25-billion-gallons-of-water","Amazon data centers consume 2.5 billion gallons of water","Amazon disclosed that its global data centers used about 2.5 billion gallons of water last year, raising fresh sustainability concerns.","Amazon announced that its worldwide data‑center fleet burned through roughly 2.5 billion gallons of water in the past year. The figure comes from the company’s own sustainability report and covers cooling, humidification and other operational needs across all sites.\n\nThe disclosure matters because water use is a hidden cost of cloud growth that regulators and investors are beginning to track. If the trend continues, Amazon could face tighter water‑usage caps in drought‑prone regions, and it may need to invest in recycling or alternative cooling methods to stay compliant.\n\nStill, the number is a fraction of the water footprint of many heavy‑industry sectors, and Amazon says it is piloting closed‑loop systems to cut future consumption.","[\"amazon\",\"data-centers\",\"sustainability\"]","2026-06-11T14:58:41.000Z","2026-06-11T15:24:38.292Z","2026-06-12T06:18:56.259Z","published",null,[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.xyz.onl\u002Farticle-images\u002Famazon-data-centers-consume-25-billion-gallons-of-water.webp",[26,27,28],"amazon","data-centers","sustainability",[30,33],{"name":31,"url":32},"Hacker News","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F2026-06-11\u002Famazon-says-its-data-centers-use-2-5-billion-gallons-of-water",{"name":34,"url":35},"Tom's Hardware","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.tomshardware.com\u002Fdesktops\u002Fservers\u002Famazon-says-its-data-centers-consume-only-0-075-percent-of-the-water-americans-use-for-watering-their-lawns-and-gardens-company-also-boasts-of-its-improvements-in-water-efficiency",0]