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

June 11, 2026 Stevie Bonifield

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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, 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 …

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