Google, 亚马逊在严重干旱期间重新评估南美的水密集型数据中心, Google, Amazon reevaluate water-intensive data centers in South America amid severe drought.

Google和Amazon等科技巨人重新思考他们对水密集型数据中心的计划。 A severe drought in South America is prompting tech giants like Google and Amazon to rethink their plans for water-intensive data centers. 谷歌最初提出的智利设施提案涉及一个冷却系统,每年耗用70亿升水。 Google's initial proposal for a Chilean facility involved a cooling system that would consume 7 billion liters of water annually. 针对环境关切,该公司已转向空气冷却技术,以大幅减少水的使用。 In response to environmental concerns, the company has shifted to air cooling technology to significantly reduce water use. 亚马逊(Amazon)的目标是到2030年使其数据中心成为“水呈阳性”的数据中心, Amazon aims for its data centers to be "water-positive" by 2030 as part of this trend.