亚马逊认为在2022年“水积极”承诺之前, 将真正的用水量隐藏在数据中心, Amazon considered hiding its true water usage from data centers ahead of its 2022 "Water Positive" pledge, sparking transparency concerns.

2023年的亚马逊内部文件披露, 该公司在2022年的“水积极”运动之前, 考虑全面隐瞒数据中心用水量, A leaked 2023 internal Amazon document reveals the company considered concealing the full extent of its data centers’ water usage, particularly secondary water use tied to electricity generation, ahead of its 2022 “Water Positive” campaign. 2021年,估计消费总量为1 050亿加仑,远远超过所报告的77亿加仑的初级使用量——由于声誉问题,行政主管就公布消费总量进行了辩论。 Executives debated disclosing total consumption—estimated at 105 billion gallons in 2021, far exceeding the 7.7 billion gallons of primary use reported—due to reputational concerns. 与微软与谷歌的竞争对手不同, 亚马逊从未公开报导其全部水足迹。 Amazon has never publicly reported its full water footprint, unlike competitors Microsoft and Google. 该公司称该文件为“过时”和不准确,但没有澄清已经发生什么变化。 The company called the document “obsolete” and inaccurate but did not clarify what has changed. 批评者说,尽管亚马逊承诺到2030年归还超过用水量的水量,但这一遗漏会破坏透明度。 Critics say the omission undermines transparency, despite Amazon’s pledge to return more water than it uses by 2030.