October 17, 2023

AWS’s Approach to Water with Will Hewes

32 minutes

Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Global Lead for Water Sustainability, Will Hewes, provides an insightful look at AWS’s approach to water and discusses AWS’s Water Positive program that strives to return more water than it uses to the communities in which it does business, by 2030.

In this session, you’ll learn about:

Will’s varied background in the water sector

How Will became the Global Lead for Water Sustainability at AWS

AWS’s Water Positive program

How AWS proposes to return more water in the communities in which it does business than it uses, by 2030

How AWS uses water in its facilities

AWS’s use of IOT data to efficiently use water

How evaporative cooling provides greater efficiency than air conditioning

Why liters per kWh is the metric of choice for water efficiency measurement

How AWS recycles cooling water and harvests rainwater in its facilities

Will’s perspective on how AWS interacts with local communities on social license issues

How AWS supported invasive species removal to help increase local water availability

How geographic locale and temperature drive water usage at AWS’s facilities

Organizations AWS partners with in order to improve sustainability

Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:

Will’s LinkedIn page

AWS’s Water Sustainability website

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