Veolia (waste management and energy service company) and Amazon have announced a collaboration to deploy reclaimed water technology at Amazon data center operations in Mississippi, with the first facility expected to be operational in 2027.

The partnership combines Veolia's water treatment expertise with Amazon Web Services' artificial intelligence and cloud capabilities to reduce reliance on local groundwater and potable water supplies for industrial cooling processes.

A First for Amazon in Mississippi

The Mississippi facility, once operational, will become the first Amazon data center in the state to use reclaimed water for cooling. Veolia will deploy autonomous containerized treatment systems that transform effluent from nearby wastewater treatment plants and other available sources into cooling water meeting the quality standards required for industrial processes. T

he project is expected to reuse more than 83 million gallons of potable water per year once fully operational, an amount the companies say is equivalent to the annual water use of approximately 760 U.S. homes and roughly equivalent to the volume the data center would otherwise draw from local groundwater and potable water supplies.

The initiative is part of Veolia's broader Data Center Resource 360 offering, a new service designed to optimize resource management for next-generation data centers.

The modular, containerized design of Veolia's treatment systems is intended to allow scalable deployment, giving the partners the ability to replicate the solution at Amazon facilities in other locations around the world where conditions are suitable.

Amazon's 2030 Water Positive Goal

The project directly supports Amazon's stated goal to be water positive in its direct data center operations by 2030. Being water positive, in the context Amazon has described, means returning more water to communities and the environment than the company consumes in those operations.

The Mississippi collaboration is designed to contribute to local water resilience by diverting industrial cooling demand away from potable and groundwater sources and toward treated wastewater that would otherwise be discharged.

The partnership also aligns with the objectives of Veolia's Green Up strategic program, which the company describes as focusing on resource preservation, pollution control, and decarbonization.

AI and Cloud Technologies in Water Treatment

Alongside the physical water reuse infrastructure, the two companies are developing AI-enhanced solutions as part of a broader strategic collaboration. Amazon Web Services will support Veolia in building systems for real-time process optimization, predictive maintenance, and operational intelligence across Veolia's global network of water treatment operations.

These capabilities will be hosted on Amazon's infrastructure and will draw on Amazon's artificial intelligence, machine learning, and generative AI technologies.

Will Hewes, Amazon's Global Water Stewardship Lead, described the AI component as enabling automated analytics, actionable recommendations, optimized inventory management, and streamlined maintenance for on-site teams. According to Hewes, the work is intended to help Veolia drive innovation and enhance efficiency in water treatment solutions for customers worldwide.

Veolia Chief Executive Officer Estelle Brachlianoff framed the Mississippi project as an example of what she called environmental security in action. "By combining Veolia's water expertise with Amazon's AI technologies, we're transforming data centers into engines of innovation for sustainability," Brachlianoff stated in the announcement.

Containerized Treatment Systems and Scalability

The technical approach centers on Veolia's modular, containerized water treatment units. These systems are engineered to process effluent from municipal wastewater treatment plants into water of sufficient quality for industrial cooling circuits.

The containerized format is intended to allow faster deployment and easier replication compared with traditional fixed infrastructure, a design consideration that the companies say supports their ambition to scale the solution beyond Mississippi to other Amazon sites globally, where local water conditions make such a system viable.

The treatment systems operate autonomously, a characteristic that Veolia says reduces the operational burden on on-site staff and allows the AI-driven optimization tools provided by AWS to function effectively in monitoring and adjusting treatment processes in real time.

Veolia's Scale and Data Center Focus

Veolia, listed on Paris Euronext and included in the Fortune 500, reported consolidated revenue of USD 52.15 billion in 2025 and employs approximately 215,000 people across five continents.

In 2025, the company served 110 million people with drinking water and 97 million with sanitation services, produced 45 million megawatt hours of energy, and treated 64 million tons of waste.

The company's Data Center Resource 360 offering, under which the Amazon collaboration sits, represents Veolia's effort to position itself as a specialized provider of resource management services to the data center industry, an industry whose rapid growth has drawn increasing scrutiny over its consumption of water for cooling purposes.

The Mississippi project is presented by both companies as a demonstration that data center operators can meet their cooling requirements without placing additional strain on municipal drinking water supplies or local aquifers.

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