Amazon Says Its Data Centers Use 2.5B Gallons of Water

Amazon’s data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water last year

Just after Seattle enacted a one-year data center moratorium that some of Amazon's own employees pushed for, Amazon shared how much water its data centers use, reportedly for the first time. With concerns about water consumption and energy use a focus of new AI data center construction debates, Amazon says its global data center operations consumed 2.5 billion gallons of water in 2025 at a rate of 0.12 liters per kilowatt-hour of electricity, dropping by two percent from its 2024 total even...

Ahead of SpaceX IPO, Elon Musk addresses ASML employees as part of push into chip manufacturing

As he gears up to take SpaceX public in the largest IPO on record, CEO Elon Musk on Thursday spoke to employees of ASML, Europe's most valuable company, underscoring the importance of chip manufacturing to his two main businesses. As the sole provider of a crucial advanced chipmaking machine, ASML will be a likely supplier for Musk's massive chip fabrication plant in Texas known as Terafab. Calling in virtually to ASML's annual technology conference, Musk spoke in a fireside chat with CEO...

The bill that would let Jimmy Kimmel sue Brendan Carr is here

Under a new bipartisan bill, Americans could sue for damages if a government official illegally tries to coerce a social media, AI, or broadcasting company to remove their post - regardless of whether the platform actually does it. Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the JAWBONE Act on Thursday, which, in addition to letting individuals sue for these kinds of damages, would create new transparency requirements for government communications...

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