AWS

September 21, 2026

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August 29, 2026

Operator WUE already spans an order of magnitude: AWS 0.12 L/kWh, Meta 0.19, Microsoft 0.27, Digital Realty 0.59, Equinix 0.91.

August 28, 2026

AWS lists UAE and Bahrain regions as disrupted after March–April strikes and fire, with restoration measured in months; Middle East hyperscale growth that Mordor Intelligence had at a 23.53% CAGR toward $16.38B by 2031 now competes with lower-risk interconnection queues.

June 25, 2026

Google, AWS, and Vantage showed up and reported offsets, recycled water, and closed-loop systems.

June 24, 2026

The Data Center Coalition's Dan Diorio argued against mandating today's technology, while AWS and Google cited non-potable and closed-loop deployments.

June 21, 2026

AWS publishes a 0.12 L/kWh Water Usage Effectiveness, but real-world performance spikes to 1.5-2.0 L/kWh above 35°C on evaporative cooling, while US fleet averages climb toward 0.45-0.48.

June 7, 2026

Microsoft, AWS, and Meta are running similar plays.

May 4, 2026

The company has restructured around cloud leases with AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and CoreWeave rather than owned greenfield builds.

April 16, 2026

Iranian drones struck two AWS data centers in the UAE and damaged a third in Bahrain in March, the first confirmed military strikes on hyperscale cloud infrastructure.

April 6, 2026

Iran's IRGC conducted drone strikes on March 1 against three AWS facilities in the UAE and Bahrain, the first confirmed military attack on a hyperscale cloud provider.