AWS adds water use data to sustainability console

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🗞️ Driving the news: Amazon Web Services (AWS) has added water withdrawal data to its Sustainability Console, enabling customers to track annual water use by region, service, and account, with historical data back to January 2022. The update complements carbon and energy metrics, giving organizations a more holistic view of their cloud-related environmental footprint.

🔭 The context: AWS launched its standalone Sustainability Console in March 2026 to consolidate Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions reporting
• The addition of water data allows companies to monitor potential trade-offs, e.g., reducing energy use may increase water demand, and helps meet growing regulatory and investor demands for natural resource disclosure

🌍 Why it matters for the planet: AWS data centers are seven times more water-efficient than industry averages and aim to be water positive by 2030, returning more water to communities and ecosystems than they consume
• The move also encourages responsible cloud deployment in water-stressed regions while expanding the adoption of reclaimed water and global replenishment projects

⏭️ What’s next: Customers can now integrate water metrics into sustainability reporting, supplier evaluations, and workload planning
• AWS plans to expand reclaimed water use to 130+ sites across nine jurisdictions and expects 21+ billion liters of water returned annually through global replenishment projects

💬 One quote: “It completes our existing measurements of GHG emissions and energy consumption, giving us a full picture of our environmental impact and allows us to identify and prevent negative trade-offs.” — Céline Lescop, Global Digital Sustainability Executive Lead, AXA Group Operations

📈 One stat: AWS reached 75% of its 2030 water-positive goal in 2025, using reclaimed water at 26 data centers and investing in 50+ global water replenishment projects.

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