The Chicago region's TARP stormwater storage system has a capacity of 11 billion gallons, and sometimes we fill it up after a single storm. So yea, 2.5 billion gallons of water for all of Amazon's global data centers for an entire year is not a lot.
Jeremy Glover
"2.5 billion gallons" sounds like a lot but is about 2 tenths of 1% of the amount of water (approx 5 million acre-feet per year) used to grow almonds just in California.
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Amazon said its global data-center operations withdrew about 2.5 billion gallons of water in 2025, as data center companies around the world face growing scrutiny over the environmental impact of artificial intelligence.
The company said water use at sites it owns and operates directly fell 2% from 2024 levels, even while it expanded its data-center footprint.
