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Amazon Defends Data Centers: "We Use Water Better Than Everyone Else"

AI data centers are guzzling water like never before, and cities are starting to push back. Amazon decided to break the silence and tell the world how virtuous its water consumption is — but there's a catch: nobody really buys it.

Amazon's Data Centers Gulp 2.5 Billion Gallons of Water Yearly

Just as Seattle slams the brakes on new data centers—partly thanks to Amazon's own employees who pushed back—the company suddenly decides to confess how much water it actually gulps down. Spoiler: the numbers are staggering, and not in a good way.