Data Centre Magazine March 2026, Issue 41 | Page 86

MILESTONES T MARK PROGRE

NOVEMBER

2022

AWS announces its goal to be water positive by 2030, committing to return more water to communities than it uses in direct operations and publishing a global water use efficiency metric of 0.25 L / kWh

2024

Amazon’ s 2024 Sustainability Report highlights how, across its AWS data centres, the company achieved a global power usage effectiveness( PUE) of 1.15, compared to the industry average of 1.25 in 2023

2023

Amazon reports that 100 % of the electricity consumed by its global operations, including AWS, is matched with renewable energy, achieving a key milestone seven years ahead of the original 2030 target
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