INVESTORS PRESS AMAZON, MICROSOFT AND GOOGLE ON WATER, POWER USE IN US DATA CENTERS

Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet's Google ​have each recently abandoned construction of multibillion-dollar data centers over community opposition and now the companies are coming under shareholder pressure over ‌the environmental impact of their projects.

More than a dozen investors are cranking up the heat on companies ahead of annual shareholder meetings this spring, seeking more data on the tech giants' water usage and conservation efforts as they seek to expand their computing power.

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