How much water data centers use to cool their continuously running servers is often a controversial issue in conversations surrounding the industry, but Amazon announced last week that the company continues to make efficiency gains.
In Northern Virginia, which is home to Amazon’s largest IT load, the company dropped water use by 42% year-over-year, the company announced.
Data center companies have traditionally declined to reveal the number of gallons consumed by their buildings, but a law introduced by Sen. Kannan Srinivasan (D-32) this year will soon change that by requiring water providers to publish the amount used by data centers every quarter. That will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2027…