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Amazon data centers used 2.5bn gallons of water in 2025
(www.datacenterdynamics.com)
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this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2026
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Because that costs money. It's really that simple.
In many states with functioning infrastructure, a property like this that's using that much water, would be required to build and maintain their own treatment plant to cover it.
But we've got regulatory capture, so... Good luck with that one.