How we're supporting watershed health in southern Nevada

We use water to help cool many of our data centers, including our Henderson, Nevada, campus that became operational in 2019. In 2021, we announced our goal to replenish 120% of the freshwater we consume, on average, across our offices and data centers by 2030. We also committed to supporting water security in communities where we operate, with an emphasis on water-stressed areas like Henderson.

In 2023, our water stewardship efforts replenished more water to the Colorado River Basin than the freshwater consumed at our Henderson data center. Here's a look at how we collaborated with local organizations to progress towards these goals and our continued investments in the community.

We worked with industry-leading organizations and local agencies, like the Bonneville Environmental Foundation and Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA), to identify high-impact water stewardship projects that address specific challenges facing Lake Mead and the Colorado River Basin.

For example, we co-funded initiatives with the Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT), a leader in conservation projects, to help conserve Colorado River water and advance CRIT's environmental priorities. These projects include:

• replacing flood irrigation with N-Drip's precision drip irrigation on 1,500 acres of agricultural land to improve water efficiency and crop yield,
• restoring irrigation canals, which included lining a leaky canal to reduce water loss, and
• general system conservation to help shore up declining water levels in Lake Mead and improve water resilience in the area.