[ { "company": "Alibaba", "reporting_year": "FY2026 (April 2025 to March 2026)", "scope": "Water and electricity: group. PUE and WUE: Alibaba Cloud self-built data centers", "water_withdrawal": "", "withdrawal_mm3": "", "water_consumption": "17,464,161 m3 (labelled total water consumption)", "consumption_mm3": 17.46, "electricity": "9,310,297 MWh purchased electricity", "electricity_gwh": 9310.3, "pue": 1.187, "wue": 1.198, "report_title": "Alibaba Group Environmental, Social and Governance Report 2026 (SEC Form 6-K exhibit 99.2)", "report": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1577552/000119312526274928/d133513dex992.pdf#page=126", "notes": "Energy and PUE table on page 125, water on page 126, WUE history on page 49. WUE was 0.205 at mainly air-cooled sites and 1.799 at mainly evaporative sites. Leased data centers in China had PUE 1.224. The PDF text layer is font-encoded; values were decoded and checked against the surrounding tables." }, { "company": "Alibaba", "reporting_year": "FY2025", "scope": "Same as above", "water_withdrawal": "", "withdrawal_mm3": "", "water_consumption": "13,479,552 m3 (labelled total water consumption)", "consumption_mm3": 13.48, "electricity": "6,764,967 MWh purchased electricity", "electricity_gwh": 6765, "pue": 1.19, "wue": 1.144, "report_title": "Alibaba ESG Report 2026 (prior year column)", "report": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1577552/000119312526274928/d133513dex992.pdf#page=126", "notes": "" }, { "company": "Amazon", "reporting_year": "2025", "scope": "Data centers only (leased, owned and shared)", "water_withdrawal": "9.4 billion liters", "withdrawal_mm3": 9.4, "water_consumption": "", "consumption_mm3": "", "electricity": "", "electricity_gwh": "", "pue": 1.14, "wue": 0.12, "report_title": "2025 Amazon Sustainability Report", "report": "https://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/2025-amazon-sustainability-report.pdf#page=14", "notes": "Amazon reports withdrawal, not consumption, and does not publish data center electricity. WUE is liters withdrawn per kWh of IT load (WUE table on page 15; PUE on page 10). A company article puts 2025 withdrawal at about 2.5 billion gallons and says withdrawal at owned and operated sites fell 2% from 2024." }, { "company": "Amazon", "reporting_year": "2024", "scope": "Data centers only", "water_withdrawal": "", "withdrawal_mm3": "", "water_consumption": "", "consumption_mm3": "", "electricity": "", "electricity_gwh": "", "pue": 1.15, "wue": 0.15, "report_title": "2024 Amazon Sustainability Report", "report": "https://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/2024-amazon-sustainability-report.pdf#page=24", "notes": "WUE on page 24, PUE on page 10. No withdrawal volume is given for 2024." }, { "company": "Anthropic", "reporting_year": "No public report", "scope": "No sustainability report", "water_withdrawal": "No public report", "withdrawal_mm3": "", "water_consumption": "No public report", "consumption_mm3": "", "electricity": "No public report", "electricity_gwh": "", "pue": "", "wue": "", "report_title": "Form S-1 registration statement (October 26, 2026)", "report": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2130357/000162828026067168/anthropicpbc-sx1.htm", "notes": "The S-1 discusses power and water for cooling as risk factors but discloses no water or electricity volumes." }, { "company": "Apple", "reporting_year": "FY2025", "scope": "Whole company corporate facilities (offices, retail, data centers, R&D)", "water_withdrawal": "1,796 million gallons (total water use)", "withdrawal_mm3": "", "water_consumption": "", "consumption_mm3": "", "electricity": "3,737,000 MWh", "electricity_gwh": 3737, "pue": "", "wue": "", "report_title": "Apple Environmental Progress Report 2026", "report": "https://www.apple.com/environment/pdf/Apple_Environmental_Progress_Report_2026.pdf#page=81", "notes": "Apple reports total water use, which it does not split into withdrawal and consumption, so no normalized value is given (about 6.8 million m3 if converted). It includes 1,551 million gallons of freshwater plus recycled and other sources. Data centers and colocation used 2,585 million kWh of electricity in FY2025 (page 94). Corporate electricity is reported as 100% renewable electricity used (page 80). No PUE or WUE published." }, { "company": "Apple", "reporting_year": "FY2024", "scope": "Whole company corporate facilities", "water_withdrawal": "1,756 million gallons (total water use)", "withdrawal_mm3": "", "water_consumption": "", "consumption_mm3": "", "electricity": "3,777,000 MWh", "electricity_gwh": 3777, "pue": "", "wue": "", "report_title": "Apple Environmental Progress Report 2026 (prior year column)", "report": "https://www.apple.com/environment/pdf/Apple_Environmental_Progress_Report_2026.pdf#page=81", "notes": "" }, { "company": "Baidu", "reporting_year": "2025", "scope": "Baidu Core (water and electricity). PUE and WUE: self-built data centers", "water_withdrawal": "2,183,887.2 tons", "withdrawal_mm3": 2.18, "water_consumption": "1,547,476.4 tons", "consumption_mm3": 1.55, "electricity": "1,225,921.5 MWh purchased electricity", "electricity_gwh": 1225.9, "pue": 1.2, "wue": 1.65, "report_title": "Baidu 2025 Environmental, Social and Governance Report", "report": "https://esgs.cdn.bcebos.com/2026/05/17/05/080532d06118abd0b715365f9ae46689.pdf#page=66", "notes": "Energy, PUE and WUE on page 64, water on page 66. 1 ton of water is treated as 1 m3." }, { "company": "Baidu", "reporting_year": "2024", "scope": "Baidu Core", "water_withdrawal": "2,110,550.2 tons", "withdrawal_mm3": 2.11, "water_consumption": "1,465,128.9 tons", "consumption_mm3": 1.47, "electricity": "1,145,027.5 MWh purchased electricity", "electricity_gwh": 1145, "pue": "", "wue": "", "report_title": "Baidu 2025 ESG Report (prior year column)", "report": "https://esgs.cdn.bcebos.com/2026/05/17/05/080532d06118abd0b715365f9ae46689.pdf#page=66", "notes": "" }, { "company": "Digital Realty", "reporting_year": "2025", "scope": "Global data center portfolio", "water_withdrawal": "", "withdrawal_mm3": "", "water_consumption": "", "consumption_mm3": "", "electricity": "", "electricity_gwh": "", "pue": 1.38, "wue": 0.59, "report_title": "Digital Realty press release on its 2025 Impact Report (May 27, 2026)", "report": "https://mfn.se/one/a/digital-realty/digital-realty-publishes-2025-impact-report-highlighting-sustainability-progress-f0a795c9#:~:text=achieving%20a%201.38%20PUE%20globally", "notes": "Taken from the company press release; the full Impact Report PDF on the investor site blocked automated access, so absolute water and electricity volumes were not verified. The release says water usage rose 3% from 2023 to 2025 while the portfolio grew 34%, and WUE improved 15.7% on the prior year. EMEA PUE was 1.31." }, { "company": "Equinix", "reporting_year": "2025", "scope": "Whole data center portfolio", "water_withdrawal": "6,040 ML", "withdrawal_mm3": 6.04, "water_consumption": "4,600 ML", "consumption_mm3": 4.6, "electricity": "8,300 GWh electricity", "electricity_gwh": 8300, "pue": 1.37, "wue": 0.91, "report_title": "Equinix 2025 Sustainability Report", "report": "https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_dd4537fcab139e43b5bb871d20079fe3/equinix/db/2197/27037/file/Equinix-Inc_2025_Sustainability-Report.pdf#page=25", "notes": "PUE page 16, electricity page 18, water page 25, WUE page 26. WUE at sites using evaporative cooling was 1.41. Equinix says consumption rose 10% on 2024. Equinix updated its GHG boundary in 2025, so the electricity figure is not directly comparable with the 2024 energy total." }, { "company": "Equinix", "reporting_year": "2024", "scope": "Whole data center portfolio", "water_withdrawal": "5,440 ML", "withdrawal_mm3": 5.44, "water_consumption": "4,180 ML", "consumption_mm3": 4.18, "electricity": "8,870 GWh total energy (Scope 1 and 2 sources)", "electricity_gwh": "", "pue": 1.39, "wue": 0.95, "report_title": "Equinix 2024 Sustainability Data Summary", "report": "https://www.equinix.com/content/dam/eqxcorp/en_us/documents/resources/data-sheets/ds_sustainability_data_en.pdf#page=10", "notes": "Energy and PUE on page 9. WUE at evaporative-cooled sites was 1.55." }, { "company": "Google", "reporting_year": "2025", "scope": "Whole company (data centers and offices)", "water_withdrawal": "14,689 million gallons", "withdrawal_mm3": 55.6, "water_consumption": "10,869 million gallons", "consumption_mm3": 41.14, "electricity": "43,586,600 MWh", "electricity_gwh": 43586.6, "pue": 1.09, "wue": "", "report_title": "Google 2026 Environmental Report", "report": "https://sustainability.google/files/google-2026-environmental-report.pdf#page=96", "notes": "Data centers alone in 2025: withdrawal 13,562 million gallons, consumption 10,523 million gallons (39.83 million m3), electricity 42,415,800 MWh. Consumption rose 34% on 2024. PUE is the fleet-wide average for Google-owned data center campuses (page 95); electricity table on page 93. Google does not publish a fleet WUE in this report." }, { "company": "Google", "reporting_year": "2024", "scope": "Whole company (data centers and offices)", "water_withdrawal": "11,011 million gallons", "withdrawal_mm3": 41.68, "water_consumption": "8,135 million gallons", "consumption_mm3": 30.79, "electricity": "31,713,900 MWh", "electricity_gwh": 31713.9, "pue": 1.09, "wue": 1.15, "report_title": "Google 2026 Environmental Report (five-year table)", "report": "https://sustainability.google/files/google-2026-environmental-report.pdf#page=96", "notes": "Data center electricity in 2024: 30,637,100 MWh. WUE 1.15 L/kWh is the consumptive (ISO Category 2) value for 2023 and 2024 stated in Google's Gemini paper (arXiv 2508.15734, page 6), not in the environmental report." }, { "company": "IBM", "reporting_year": "2025", "scope": "Data centers (PUE only)", "water_withdrawal": "", "withdrawal_mm3": "", "water_consumption": "", "consumption_mm3": "", "electricity": "", "electricity_gwh": "", "pue": 1.39, "wue": "", "report_title": "IBM energy and emissions page", "report": "https://www.ibm.com/responsibility/environment/energy-emissions#:~:text=estimated%20weighted%20average%20PUE%20of%20our%20data%20centers%20was%201.39", "notes": "IBM states the 2025 PUE is an estimated weighted average, a 28.0% cooling efficiency improvement on 2019, and that total energy fell 8.0% versus 2024. No water or electricity volumes on the page." }, { "company": "Meta", "reporting_year": "2024", "scope": "Whole company (data centers and offices)", "water_withdrawal": "5,637 ML", "withdrawal_mm3": 5.637, "water_consumption": "3,123 ML", "consumption_mm3": 3.123, "electricity": "18,423,634 MWh", "electricity_gwh": 18423.6, "pue": 1.08, "wue": 0.19, "report_title": "Meta 2025 Environmental Data Index", "report": "https://sustainability.atmeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Meta_2025-Environmental-Data-Index.pdf#page=9", "notes": "Data centers alone: withdrawal 4,145 ML, consumption 2,974 ML, electricity 18,061,781 MWh (page 6). WUE is withdrawal in liters divided by IT electricity in kWh (page 10). A further 1,019 ML withdrawn for data center construction is excluded. Latest Meta data published as of October 2026 covers 2024." }, { "company": "Meta", "reporting_year": "2023", "scope": "Whole company (data centers and offices)", "water_withdrawal": "5,274 ML", "withdrawal_mm3": 5.274, "water_consumption": "3,078 ML", "consumption_mm3": 3.078, "electricity": "15,325,314 MWh", "electricity_gwh": 15325.3, "pue": 1.08, "wue": 0.18, "report_title": "Meta 2025 Environmental Data Index", "report": "https://sustainability.atmeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Meta_2025-Environmental-Data-Index.pdf#page=9", "notes": "Data centers alone: withdrawal 3,881 ML, consumption 2,938 ML, electricity 14,975,435 MWh." }, { "company": "Microsoft", "reporting_year": "FY2025 (July 2024 to June 2025)", "scope": "Whole company (offices, datacenters, other facilities)", "water_withdrawal": "13,266 ML", "withdrawal_mm3": 13.266, "water_consumption": "8,170 ML", "consumption_mm3": 8.17, "electricity": "37,026,353 MWh", "electricity_gwh": 37026.4, "pue": 1.17, "wue": 0.27, "report_title": "2026 Environmental Data Fact Sheet; 2026 Environmental Sustainability Report", "report": "https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/microsoft/msc/documents/presentations/CSR/2026-Microsoft-Environmental-Data-Fact-Sheet-PDF.pdf#page=7", "notes": "Water table on fact sheet page 7, electricity on page 6. PUE 1.17 (report page 23) and WUE 0.27 L/kWh (report page 24) are global averages for owned datacenters; Microsoft defines WUE as datacenter water for cooling and humidification divided by energy use. Prior years were restated in this edition. Microsoft says it replenished more than 14.2 million m3 in FY25, exceeding withdrawals." }, { "company": "Microsoft", "reporting_year": "FY2024 (July 2023 to June 2024)", "scope": "Whole company (offices, datacenters, other facilities)", "water_withdrawal": "11,590 ML", "withdrawal_mm3": 11.59, "water_consumption": "6,693 ML", "consumption_mm3": 6.693, "electricity": "29,829,540 MWh", "electricity_gwh": 29829.5, "pue": "", "wue": "", "report_title": "2026 Environmental Data Fact Sheet (restated prior year)", "report": "https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/microsoft/msc/documents/presentations/CSR/2026-Microsoft-Environmental-Data-Fact-Sheet-PDF.pdf#page=7", "notes": "Restated values as printed in the 2026 fact sheet; they differ from figures first published for FY2024." }, { "company": "OpenAI", "reporting_year": "No public report", "scope": "No sustainability report", "water_withdrawal": "No public report", "withdrawal_mm3": "", "water_consumption": "No public report", "consumption_mm3": "", "electricity": "No public report", "electricity_gwh": "", "pue": "", "wue": "", "report_title": "CEO blog post (per-query figure only)", "report": "https://blog.samaltman.com/the-gentle-singularity", "notes": "OpenAI publishes no company water or energy totals. The only figure is a per-query estimate in a June 2025 blog post by its CEO; see the per-prompt table." }, { "company": "Oracle", "reporting_year": "FY2026 (June 2025 to May 2026)", "scope": "Water: Oracle-owned real estate and owned data centers. Energy: Scopes 1 and 2", "water_withdrawal": "816,484,842 liters potable water use", "withdrawal_mm3": "", "water_consumption": "", "consumption_mm3": "", "electricity": "8,789,499 MWh total energy use (not electricity only)", "electricity_gwh": "", "pue": "", "wue": "", "report_title": "Oracle Environmental and Social Impact FY26 Datasheet (October 2026)", "report": "https://www.oracle.com/a/ocom/docs/social-impact-datasheet.pdf#page=4", "notes": "Energy on page 3, water on page 4. Oracle reports potable water use (about 0.82 million m3), not withdrawal or consumption, and publishes no PUE or WUE. Total energy was 5,155,385 MWh in FY2025. The datasheet URL is updated in place with each edition." }, { "company": "Oracle", "reporting_year": "FY2025", "scope": "Same as above", "water_withdrawal": "801,872,356 liters potable water use", "withdrawal_mm3": "", "water_consumption": "", "consumption_mm3": "", "electricity": "5,155,385 MWh total energy use (not electricity only)", "electricity_gwh": "", "pue": "", "wue": "", "report_title": "Oracle Environmental and Social Impact FY26 Datasheet", "report": "https://www.oracle.com/a/ocom/docs/social-impact-datasheet.pdf#page=4", "notes": "" }, { "company": "Tencent", "reporting_year": "2025", "scope": "Water and electricity: group (headquarters and wholly owned subsidiaries). PUE and WUE: owned data centers", "water_withdrawal": "", "withdrawal_mm3": "", "water_consumption": "12,151,404.1 tonnes (labelled water consumption)", "consumption_mm3": 12.15, "electricity": "8,669,131.7 MWh", "electricity_gwh": 8669.1, "pue": 1.246, "wue": 1.5, "report_title": "Tencent Environmental, Social and Governance Report 2025", "report": "https://static.www.tencent.com/uploads/2026/04/09/34cdfa7393ee49cd5677b28f38c68d74.pdf#page=89", "notes": "Tencent labels this figure water consumption and says all water comes from municipal supply. 1 tonne of water is treated as 1 m3. PUE on page 4, WUE on page 47." }, { "company": "Tencent", "reporting_year": "2024", "scope": "Same as above", "water_withdrawal": "", "withdrawal_mm3": "", "water_consumption": "10,370,588.3 tonnes (labelled water consumption)", "consumption_mm3": 10.37, "electricity": "6,429,609.9 MWh", "electricity_gwh": 6429.6, "pue": 1.257, "wue": "", "report_title": "Tencent ESG Report 2025 (prior year column)", "report": "https://static.www.tencent.com/uploads/2026/04/09/34cdfa7393ee49cd5677b28f38c68d74.pdf#page=89", "notes": "" }, { "company": "xAI (part of SpaceX since February 2026)", "reporting_year": "No public report", "scope": "No sustainability report", "water_withdrawal": "No public report", "withdrawal_mm3": "", "water_consumption": "No public report", "consumption_mm3": "", "electricity": "No public report", "electricity_gwh": "", "pue": "", "wue": "", "report_title": "SpaceX Form S-1/A (June 3, 2026)", "report": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "notes": "The filing discusses water scarcity as a risk to data center cooling but discloses no water or electricity volumes for xAI." } ]