Amazon, Google and Microsoft use tons of water in and so the most dry -up regions of the world

< img src = "/uploads/blogs/5f/e8/ib-frk9udtfs_7c6fc931.jpg" Alt = "Amazon, Google and Microsoft use tons of water in and so dry regions"/~ 62 < P > Amazon, Google and Microsoft increase the number of dat centers in regions that are already suffering from water lack. Companies plan to expand their activities that can affect the local population.

< p >Amazon, Google and Microsoft build dates-centers that use a lot of water in some of the already drying regions of the world. Technological giants plan to build hundreds of their centers, which will potentially have a huge impact on the population living in a lack of water. About it reports & nbsp; unn & nbsp; with reference to TheGuardian.

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< P > Data Processing Centers & ndash; These are huge warehouses that contain network servers used for remote storage and data processing, as well as information technology companies for training AI models. They use water to cool their systems.

< p > The location of data centers is often sectoral secret, but the investigation of Sourcemaaterial found 38 active centers of three large technological companies that are already faced with water deficiency.

~ ~ ~ < p >Sourcematerial is also compatible with Baxtel and Data Center Map, made a map 632 data centers – active or developed, owned by Amazon, Microsoft and Google.

~ < P > This indicates that the plans of these companies provide for an increase in the number of data centers around the world by dozens of times. According to Sourcematerial and Guardian Analysis, these companies plan to expand their activities in some of the most arid regions of the world.

< blockquote > < P class = "quotecontent" > This is not accidental they build in dry areas, since data processing centers need to be built inside the country where low humidity reduces the risk of metal corrosion and seawater also causes corrosion when used for cooling

< p >In parts of the world where there is a lot of water, the high use of water processing centers is not so problematic. But in 2023, Microsoft acknowledged that 42% of water came to their centers from “areas with lack of water”. Google then stated that it consumes only 15% of the volume they needed in areas with “large water shortages”. Amazon numbers did not voice.

< P > Currently Amazon and Google Representatives have said they always take into account water shortages. Microsoft refused to comment.

< H3 > Water Accounting < P > Amazon does not provide general data on water used by its data processing centers around the world. But he claims that by 2030 he compensates for his consumption, providing water to communities and ecosystems in other scarce areas.

< p >Amazon says 41% of its use of water in areas that considers arid. But this is an approach that has already caused disputes within the company.

< blockquote > < P class = "quotecontent" > I raised in all the necessary places the question of what it is unethical. I disagree with this principle that follows from a pure background of sustainable development

– said Nathan Wangusi, former Amazon Waterway Manager. < Br />< /Blockquote > < P > Microsoft and Google Corporation also promised to compensate for the water consumed by 2030, as well as find ways more efficient water use. But whether this situation saves on a global scale remains a contradictory question.

< blockquote > < P class = "quotecontent" > water compensation cannot work in the same way as carbon compensation, when a ton of pollutants removed from the atmosphere can compensate tons thrown away. Improving access to water in one area does not help the community that has lost access to it far

said Vemhoff, University Specialist Villanova. < h2 > additional

< P > Amazon is the largest owner of data centers in the world through its cloudy unit Amazon Web Services, but Google and Microsoft catching up.

< P > in the United States, which can boast of the largest number of data centers in the world, Google is more likely to build its centers in dry areas. The company has seven active data processing centers in parts of the United States that face water shortages and builds six more, – shows Sourcematerial.