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

Amazon said its global data center operations consumed 2.5 billion gallons of water in 2025, or 0.12 liters per kilowatt-hour, down 2% from 2024 even as it expanded operations. The disclosure lands amid rising scrutiny of AI data centers’ water and power use, and Amazon says its efficiency is better than some Big Tech rivals.

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, Amazon says its global data center operations consumed 2.5 billion gallons of water in 2025 at a rate of 0.12 liters per kilowatt-hour of electricity, dropping by two percent from its 2024 total even as it expanded operations. Amazon also claims it's using water more efficiently than some Big Tech rivals - this graphic in Amazon's report points to M … Read the full story at The Verge.