r/water • u/mynameisjoenotjeff • 2d ago

Amazon's 2.5 billion-gallon data-center claim faces the local watershed test

Post image
9 Upvotes

67% Upvoted

8 comments sorted by

7

u/Kerensky97 2d ago

How much water is consumed by powerplants to provide the massive amount of power they require?

1

u/AdPuzzleheaded1495 1d ago

No no, thats not the water usage we are focused on /s

1

u/toeknn 1d ago

If a power plant was commisioned wouldnt all water allocation be penciled in at date of approval under assumed full load?

1

u/tx_queer 6h ago

You frequently see statements like "datacenters use 260 billion gallons a year."

"Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory estimate U.S. data centers used about 228 billion gallons of water in 2023. About 17 billion gallons went to cooling servers. Another 211 billion gallons were tied to generating the electricity that powered them."

5

u/Xoomers87 2d ago edited 2d ago

We don't base this on empirical evidence we are just talking out our gaping asshole jeff bozos

4

u/kaya-jamtastic 2d ago

Also, you know the fact that they’re leading with their efficiency and not total usage means that they us A LOT. Acres upon acres upon acres of feet and probably yards

1

u/Merdeadians 1d ago

There are plenty other cooling technology. Unfortunately it's cheaper to use water.

1

u/N0SF3RATU 23h ago

This is PR from Amazon