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Amazon wants to help the Colorado River, but we still don’t know how much water the company uses
The Colorado River faces an ‘unprecedented’ drought as data centers demand more water.
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Amazon announced a $20 million investment in water‑conservation projects along the Colorado River, a water source that serves 40 million people in the Western United States. The move follows growing scrutiny of the water usage of data centers operated by Amazon and other technology firms. The company has not yet disclosed how much water its own data centers consume. The conservation effort is intended to help protect the river’s dwindling supply.
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