Water Environment Federation, Amazon, The Water Center at the University of Pennsylvania, and Leading Utilities of the World Launch Groundbreaking Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has partnered with the Water Environment Federation (WEF), The Water Center at Penn, and Leading Utilities of the World to launch the Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence. This groundbreaking initiative, announced during Climate Week NYC, aims to develop sustainable water practices for AI infrastructure while leveraging AI to address global water challenges.
The Center focuses on two key missions: ensuring efficient water use in AI infrastructure and using AI to solve water management challenges. The initiative has released "Principles for Sustainable Water Use by Data Centers," outlining four core principles: strategic design, operational efficiency, sustainable water sources, and water replenishment. Amazon has committed to returning more water to communities than its data centers use by 2030.
The collaboration will be showcased at WEFTEC in Chicago (Sept. 27 - Oct. 1), featuring three days of content, expert panels, and networking opportunities.
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) ha stretto una partnership con la Water Environment Federation (WEF), The Water Center at Penn e Leading Utilities of the World per lanciare il Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence. Questa innovativa iniziativa, annunciata durante Climate Week NYC, mira a sviluppare pratiche idriche sostenibili per l'infrastruttura AI, sfruttando l'AI per affrontare le sfide idriche a livello globale.
Il Center si concentra su due missioni chiave: garantire un uso efficiente dell'acqua nell'infrastruttura AI e utilizzare l'AI per risolvere le sfide della gestione delle risorse idriche. L'iniziativa ha pubblicato "Principles for Sustainable Water Use by Data Centers", che delineano quattro principi fondamentali: progettazione strategica, efficienza operativa, fonti d'acqua sostenibili e reintegro delle acque. Amazon si è impegnata a restituire alle comunità più acqua di quanta ne utilizzino i propri data center entro il 2030.
La collaborazione sarà presentata al WEFTEC di Chicago (27 settembre - 1 ottobre), offrendo tre giorni di contenuti, panel di esperti e opportunità di networking.
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) se ha asociado con la Water Environment Federation (WEF), The Water Center at Penn y Leading Utilities of the World para lanzar el Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence. Esta innovadora iniciativa, anunciada durante Climate Week NYC, tiene como objetivo desarrollar prácticas hídricas sostenibles para la infraestructura de IA, al tiempo que aprovecha la IA para abordar los desafíos hídricos mundiales.
El Centro se centra en dos misiones clave: garantizar un uso eficiente del agua en la infraestructura de IA y usar la IA para resolver los retos de la gestión del agua. La iniciativa ha publicado "Principles for Sustainable Water Use by Data Centers", que describe cuatro principios esenciales: diseño estratégico, eficiencia operativa, fuentes de agua sostenibles y reabastecimiento de agua. Amazon se ha comprometido a devolver más agua a las comunidades de la que utilizan sus data centers para 2030.
La colaboración se mostrará en WEFTEC en Chicago (27 de septiembre - 1 de octubre), con tres días de contenidos, paneles de expertos y oportunidades de networking.
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN)은 Water Environment Federation (WEF), The Water Center at Penn 그리고 Leading Utilities of the World와 협력하여 Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence를 설립합니다. 이 혁신적 이니셔티브는 Climate Week NYC에서 발표되었으며, AI 인프라를 위한 지속 가능한 물 사용 관행을 개발하고 AI를 활용하여 글로벌 물 문제에 대처하는 것을 목표로 합니다.
센터는 두 가지 핵심 임무에 집중합니다: AI 인프라에서 물 사용의 효율을 보장하고 물 관리 문제 해결에 AI를 활용하는 것. 이 이니셔티브는 데이터 센터의 지속 가능한 물 사용 원칙을 발표했으며, 네 가지 핵심 원칙을 제시합니다: 전략적 설계, 운영 효율성, 지속 가능한 수원, 물 보충. Amazon은 2030년까지 데이터 센터가 사용하는 물보다 더 많은 물을 커뮤니티에 반환하겠다고 약속했습니다.
협력은 시카고의 WEFTEC(9월 27일~10월 1일)에서 선보일 예정이며, 3일간의 콘텐츠, 전문가 패널 및 네트워킹 기회가 포함됩니다.
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) s'est associée à la Water Environment Federation (WEF), The Water Center at Penn et Leading Utilities of the World pour lancer le Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence. Cette initiative révolutionnaire, annoncée pendant Climate Week NYC, vise à développer des pratiques hydrauliques durables pour les infrastructures IA tout en utilisant l'IA pour relever les défis mondiaux liés à l'eau.
Le Centre se concentre sur deux missions clés: garantir une utilisation efficace de l'eau dans l'infrastructure IA et utiliser l'IA pour résoudre les défis de la gestion de l'eau. L'initiative a publié les Principles for Sustainable Water Use by Data Centers, qui exposent quatre principes fondamentaux: conception stratégique, efficacité opérationnelle, sources d'eau durables et réapprovisionnement en eau. Amazon s'est engagé à rendre plus d'eau aux communautés qu'il n'en utilise dans ses data centers d'ici 2030.
La collaboration sera présentée au WEFTEC à Chicago (27 sept. – 1 oct.), avec trois jours de contenus, des panels d'experts et des occasions de réseautage.
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) hat sich mit der Water Environment Federation (WEF), The Water Center at Penn und Leading Utilities of the World zusammengeschlossen, um das Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence zu gründen. Diese bahnbrechende Initiative, die während Climate Week NYC angekündigt wurde, zielt darauf ab, nachhaltige Wasserpraktiken für KI-Infrastruktur zu entwickeln und KI zu nutzen, um globale Wasserherausforderungen anzugehen.
Das Zentrum konzentriert sich auf zwei Hauptmissionen: einen effizienten Wasserverbrauch in der KI-Infrastruktur sicherstellen und KI zur Lösung von Wasserverwaltungsherausforderungen einsetzen. Die Initiative hat die Principles for Sustainable Water Use by Data Centers veröffentlicht, die vier Kernprinzipien skizzieren: strategische Planung, operative Effizienz, nachhaltige Wasserquellen und Wasseraufladung. Amazon hat sich verpflichtet, bis 2030 mehr Wasser an Gemeinschaften zurückzugeben, als seine Rechenzentren verwenden.
Die Zusammenarbeit wird auf der WEFTEC in Chicago (27. September – 1. Oktober) vorgestellt und drei Tage lang Inhalte, Expertendiskussionen und Networking-Möglichkeiten bieten.
أمازون (NASDAQ: AMZN) تعقد شراكة مع اتحاد Water Environment Federation (WEF)، وThe Water Center at Penn، وLeading Utilities of the World لإطلاق Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence. تهدف هذه المبادرة الرائدة، التي أُعلنت خلال أسبوع المناخ NYC، إلى تطوير ممارسات مائية مستدامة لبنية الذكاء الاصطناعي مع استخدام الذكاء الاصطناعي لمعالجة تحديات المياه العالمية.
يركز المركز على مهمتين رئيسيتين: ضمان استخدام المياه بكفاءة في بنية الذكاء الاصطناعي واستخدام الذكاء الاصطناعي لحل تحديات إدارة المياه. أصدرت المبادرة Principles for Sustainable Water Use by Data Centers، وتوضح أربع مبادئ أساسية: التصميم الاستراتيجي، الكفاءة التشغيلية، مصادر المياه المستدامة، وإعادة تعبئة المياه. التزمت أمازون بإعادة كمية من الماء إلى المجتمعات تفوق ما تستخدمه مراكز البيانات لديها بحلول 2030.
سيتم عرض التعاون في مؤتمر WEFTEC في شيكاغو (27 سبتمبر - 1 أكتوبر)، مع ثلاثة أيام من المحتوى، ولوحات خبراء وفرص للتواصل.
亚马逊（纳斯达克股票代码：AMZN） 已与 Water Environment Federation（WEF）、宾州大学水资源中心（The Water Center at Penn）以及 Leading Utilities of the World 合作，推出 Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence。这一开创性计划在纽约市气候周期间宣布，旨在为 AI 基础设施开发可持续的用水实践，同时利用 AI 应对全球水资源挑战。
该中心的两项核心任务是：确保 AI 基础设施的用水高效，以及利用 AI 解决水资源管理的挑战。该倡议发布了 数据中心可持续用水原则，概述了四条核心原则：战略设计、运营效率、可持续水源和水源补充。亚马逊承诺到2030年回馈给社区的水量将超过其数据中心用水量。
合作将在芝加哥的 WEFTEC（9月27日–10月1日）进行展示，届时将有三天的内容、专家小组讨论和网络交流机会。
- Creation of first-of-its-kind Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence to address water sustainability
- Amazon's commitment to return more water to communities than used by data centers by 2030
- Development of industry-wide standards and best practices for water use in data centers
- Cross-sector collaboration between technology companies, utilities, and researchers
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First-of-its-kind initiative to harness AI to solve critical water challenges
New information released today on data center best-practices to minimize water impact in the age of AI
The Water-AI Nexus was unveiled during Climate Week NYC, the largest annual climate event in
- Water for AI: Ensuring AI infrastructure uses water as efficiently as possible
- AI for Water: Leveraging AI capabilities to solve pressing water scarcity and management challenges
Organizations across the water and technology sectors are invited to engage in this collaborative effort at water-ai-nexus.org—the central hub for the Water-AI Nexus community.
"Water utilities worldwide are facing unprecedented challenges from climate change and aging infrastructure, while simultaneously working to serve communities that depend on reliable, affordable water services," said Howard Carter, president, The Water Environment Federation. "The Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence will accelerate innovation by connecting water professionals with AI experts to develop solutions that benefit both sectors as well as the communities they serve."
Key Initiatives of the Water-AI Nexus:
- Framework Development: Establishing standards and best practices for water use that can be shared across the data processing industry
- Insight Report: Today's release of "Principles for Sustainable Water Use by Data Centers" provides a roadmap for data center operators to minimize water impacts while maximizing technological advancement. The report outlines four core principles:
- Strategic design and location
- Optimizing operational efficiency
- Using sustainable water sources
- Pursuing water replenishment to deliver water back to communities
- Knowledge Sharing: Case studies and research findings through publications and events
- Cross-Sector Collaboration: Uniting water utilities, AI developers, researchers and government officials
"We believe responsible innovation means both addressing our water footprint and using technology to solve global water challenges," said Beau Schilz, water principal at Amazon Web Services (AWS). "At Amazon, we strive to reduce water use in our operations, which include logistics sites such as fulfilment centers, as well as in our corporate offices and grocery stores. We're also committed to returning more water to communities than we use across our data centers by 2030—being a founding leader of the Center of Excellence will help not only Amazon in its goals, but others as well, as we aim to collectively transform water management worldwide."
The Water-AI Nexus Center of Excellence brings together expertise across water, academic, and utility sectors to ensure AI growth benefits our water resources and reduces stress on our water resources. By maximizing efficiency, eliminating unnecessary water use, and investing in community-tailored solutions, we can collectively ensure that technological advancement and environmental stewardship will—and must—advance together.
"The Water Center at the University of
Christopher Gasson, publisher of Global Water Intelligence and founder of Leading Utilities, added "The intersection of water management and artificial intelligence is a turning point for the sector, both a critical challenge and unprecedented opportunity. The Water-AI Nexus will be a vital platform where utilities can directly collaborate with technology innovators to ensure water sustainability isn't compromised by digital growth."
Upcoming Events:
The Water-AI Nexus will be featured at WEFTEC in
- Three full days of dedicated content
- A media panel with the founding leaders
- Panel discussions with industry experts
- Networking opportunities for water and technology professionals
About Water Environment Federation
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization providing water professionals with the latest in education and training. WEF is leading the transformation to the Circular Water Economy: reducing waste, recovering resources, and regenerating ecosystems. Founded in 1928, WEF's mission is to inspire its 31,000 members and 75 affiliated member organizations and the water community in pursuit of human and environmental wellbeing. WEFTEC, WEF's premiere event, is the largest annual water quality exhibition in
About Amazon
Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Amazon strives to be Earth's Most Customer-Centric Company, Earth's Best Employer, and Earth's Safest Place to Work. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Career Choice, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, Alexa, Just Walk Out technology, Amazon Studios, and The Climate Pledge are some of the things pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit amazon.com/about and follow @AmazonNews.
About The Water Center at Penn
The Water Center at Penn is a community-focused research center working to find integrated solutions to the multiple challenges facing our world's water systems and their watersheds. We strive to be a trusted, reliable partner whose work accelerates water equity by connecting, convening, and collaborating across the sector. The Water Center's research approach is centered around working alongside communities, bringing their knowledge and expertise to the solutions addressing their water challenges, sharing power and responsibility, and encouraging communities to take the lead in determining priorities, questions to be asked, and the approach to answering those questions. We share resources, education, training, and applied knowledge to support community goals. For more information, visit watercenter.sas.upenn.edu.
About Leading Utilities of the World
Leading Utilities of the World is a network of the world's most forward-thinking water and wastewater utilities, as defined by the network's 14 distinct innovation areas. Its members represent the gold standard of utility innovation and performance throughout the developed world's water sector. Leading Utilities is an initiative of the Global Water Leaders Group, a not-for-profit organisation helping to tell a better story for water worldwide by recognising achievement, providing a network for sharing ideas, and inspiring others to improve. Primarily a CEO-level organisation, it is funded by its Foundation Partner Jacobs and Corporate Member Grundfos, and collaborates with Association Partner the Water Environment Federation. There are no membership fees for its utilities, who meet three times a year at major water conferences around the world. www.leadingutilities.org
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