Amazon's data centers are over 7x more water-efficient than the industry average, using air cooling for most of the year and water only during the hottest days.
We’re 75% of the way to our goal of beingwater positive by 2030, meaning that for every gallon of water we use in our data center operations, we will return more than a gallon back to the communities where we operate.
In 2025, we returned 3 gallons for every 4 we used—and we’ve announced over 50 water projects that are expected to return more than 5.8 billion gallons annually once fully implemented.
Amazon's data centers are over 7x more water-efficient than the industry average, using air cooling for most of the year and water only during the hottest days.
We’re 75% of the way to our goal of being
water positive by 2030
, meaning that for every gallon of water we use in our data center operations, we will return more than a gallon back to the communities where we operate. In 2025, we returned 3 gallons for every 4 we used—and we’ve announced over 50 water projects that are expected to return more than 5.8 billion gallons annually once fully implemented.
