Amazon, Google, and Microsoft Are Under Pressure from Investors to Release Information Regarding Data Centers’ Water and Energy Usage

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Investors are demanding more details about the environmental impact of data centers following multiple scrapped projects. A new report from Reuters (via Tom’s Hardware) states that investors are now pressuring Amazon, Google, and Microsoft to release more data on the power and water consumption of data centers as a growing list of communities express opposition […]

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[Brian_B]

Only because DEI is out of fashion now. It won't be long before it comes back around as full ESG again - it's only because they are making insane levels of money on it that people are mostly turning a blind eye to things they once rallied against.

 

[Grimlakin]

I hate to get political here but I'll try and keep this at a minimum.

With current lets call them... activities of the US leadership in place, corporations are getting away with whatever they want and relying on the leadership to keep playing the distraction card with everything they have going on.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

NIMBY is strong but the dollar is stronger, or so some thought.

 

[latexah]

I hate to get political here but I'll try and keep this at a minimum.

With current, let’s call them... activities of the US leadership in place, corporations are getting away with whatever they want, and good luck finding a google phone number to complain to, while relying on the leadership to keep playing the distraction card with everything they have going on.

I think transparency is essential here. As data centers continue to expand, companies need to show how much energy and water they consume and what steps they're taking to reduce their environmental impact. Growth shouldn't come at the expense of local communities.