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Advancing Water Stewardship at AWS: New Water Withdrawals Data Now Available in the AWS Sustainability Console
At Amazon, we know that water is a precious resource. In 2022, AWS announced the commitment to being water positive by 2030. That means we’ll return more water to communities and the environment than we use in our data center operations. Our data centers are 7 times more water-efficient than the industry average, and in 2025 we reached 75% of our water positive goal through reducing water use, sourcing reclaimed water, and investing in replenishment projects around the world.
AWS is also committed to helping customers measure and reduce the environmental footprint of their own workloads by giving them visibility into carbon emissions and water withdrawal data associated with their AWS workloads. In March 2026, we launched the AWS Sustainability console — a standalone service that consolidates AWS sustainability reporting into one place, giving sustainability teams independent access to Scope 1, 2, and 3 carbon emissions data without requiring billing permissions. Today, we are taking the next step in transparency by adding annual water withdrawals data associated with your AWS workloads to the AWS Sustainability console. It appears in the Water allocation section alongside Carbon emissions on the left panel.
Advancing Water Stewardship at AWS: New Water Withdrawals Data Now Available in the AWS Sustainability Console
At Amazon, we know that water is a precious resource. In 2022, AWS announced the commitment to being water positive by 2030. That means we’ll return more water to communities and the environment than we use in our data center operations. Our data centers are 7 times more water-efficient than the industry average, and in 2025 we reached 75% of our water positive goal through reducing water use, sourcing reclaimed water, and investing in replenishment projects around the world.
AWS is also committed to helping customers measure and reduce the environmental footprint of their own workloads by giving them visibility into carbon emissions and water withdrawal data associated with their AWS workloads. In March 2026, we launched the AWS Sustainability console — a standalone service that consolidates AWS sustainability reporting into one place, giving sustainability teams independent access to Scope 1, 2, and 3 carbon emissions data without requiring billing permissions. Today, we are taking the next step in transparency by adding annual water withdrawals data associated with your AWS workloads to the AWS Sustainability console. It appears in the Water allocation section alongside Carbon emissions on the left panel.
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- Sustainability
- Sustainable Water Resource Management
- Water Stewardship
- Sustainable water purification
- Domestic Water Use
- Water Allocation