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Amazon said its global data-center operations withdrew about 2.5 billion gallons of water in 2025, as data center companies around the world face growing scrutiny over the environmental impact of artificial intelligence.

on.wsj.comAmazon Says Its Data Centers Used 2.5 Billion Gallons of Water in 2025The company said water use at sites it owns and operates directly fell 2% from 2024 levels, even while it expanded its data-center footprint.

11/6/26, 7:17 pm52 reposts58 likes

Mister Magic

@mistermagic.bsky.social

11 June

Is this supposed to scare me or something?

JRD SC

@jdphilasc.bsky.social

11 June

Yup. China ahead of game cooling data centers in the ocean.

peterweyland.bsky.social

@peterweyland.bsky.social

12 June

No they do not at least not at scale.

Wayne Fryback

@waynefryback.bsky.social

11 June

Alternatively, China is heating up the oceans with their data centers.

JRD SC

@jdphilasc.bsky.social

12 June

It’s localized with no environmental harm and certainly not warming the oceans.

JRD SC

@jdphilasc.bsky.social

11 June

Incorrect

Wayne Fryback

@waynefryback.bsky.social

11 June

Technically, no I'm not. If the data centers are cooling off in the ocean water, then that means that the ocean water is getting warmer from the data centers.

nathan's look restrictions: gone

@nlrg.bsky.social

11 June

why do you say this

BallPtPenTheif

@ballptpentheif.bsky.social

12 June

We need data centers in the arctic where we can form thermally warmed homeless encampments.

“Tiare-ifying” Liberty Sol 🎃👻

@tiare75.bsky.social

11 June

Holy smokes that’s a lot of water! 😰

Bourgeois mfer

@ghunkinking.bsky.social

12 June

For roughly running roughly 30% of the internet? No, it isn't.

Gladbags

@cjgsf.bsky.social

11 June

It's .01% of California's total annual water use.

“Tiare-ifying” Liberty Sol 🎃👻

@tiare75.bsky.social

11 June

Yes, 39.5 million people require a lot of water.

Munchkin Kin

@viralius.bsky.social

11 June

And don’t forget our almonds. They drink 1.7 trillion gallons of water a year.

alias (in chains)

@antiali.as

12 June

.01% of that is what?

Bartek Ogryczak

@vartec.bsky.social

11 June

It’s not. It’s less than seven golf courses in Arizona use in a year. Arizona has almost 400 golf courses.

“Tiare-ifying” Liberty Sol 🎃👻

@tiare75.bsky.social

11 June

Two things can be true at the same time. Golf courses also use an awful lot of water.

Bartek Ogryczak

@vartec.bsky.social

11 June

It’s no contest. There are 40,000 golf courses in the world. All of Amazon data centers combined use as much water as 7 of them. Stop pretending like you care about water. You don’t.

Tyler 🏳️‍🌈

@tcoop6231.bsky.social

11 June

That’s it?

Bourgeois mfer

@ghunkinking.bsky.social

11 June

What I was thinking for hosting roughly 30% of the internet is pretty decent.

Tyler 🏳️‍🌈

@tcoop6231.bsky.social

12 June

When you think about how much of the economy is a run through Amazon I don’t think 2.5 billion gallons of water is that much. If anything it shows incredibly efficient the company has become!

Bourgeois mfer

@ghunkinking.bsky.social

12 June

Careful Iwas blocked for saying something positive about AWS Bsky will never beat the echo chamber accusation. bsky.app/profile/ghun...

Bourgeois mfer@ghunkinking.bsky.social

AWS runs about 30% of the entire internet, including, according to UDomain, BlueSky. My company also pays about $400–$600 a month to AWS for various services. It would probably be cheaper to host our own servers, but who wants the hassle?

Freddy Bone Zone

@freddybonezone.bsky.social

11 June

Oh mt god, big number!!!! Ahhhhhh!!!!

Jo 🇪🇺🇺🇳🥂🍾

@jofromeurope.bsky.social

11 June

In the wrong places.

Melkyman

@melkyman.bsky.social

11 June

“Withdrew” 2.5B gallons Did they deposit it?