Post by Drew Herdener

Proud of the teams across Amazon who made this possible. Our data centers are now 7x more water-efficient than the industry average — using just 0.12 liters per kilowatt-hour. That's a 52% improvement in our WUE since 2021. We're 75% of the way to our goal of being water positive by 2030, with over 50 water projects expected to return more than 5.8 billion gallons annually to local communities. In Northern Virginia alone, we cut water use by 42% year-over-year even as compute demand grew. This isn't just about efficiency metrics — it's about being a good neighbor. From funding reclaimed water infrastructure in Mississippi and Hong Kong to watershed restoration near Guadalajara, our teams are partnering with communities to leave them better than we found them. Congratulations to the engineering, sustainability, and infrastructure teams who are proving that you can scale to meet customer demand while using dramatically less resources. This is the kind of long-term thinking that matters. https://lnkd.in/eeajwNmk