AWS’s Approach to Water with Will Hewes

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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