Amazon says its units in India are “water positive,” a term the company uses to mean they return more water to local communities than they consume. The claim is presented against a backdrop of broader global scrutiny of large technology companies’ data-centre and AI infrastructure, particularly around resource use such as water and energy. According to the coverage, Amazon’s position focuses on the company’s methodology for measuring water returned versus water used at its facilities in India, rather than on changes to a single site alone. The report notes the context of rising attention on environmental impacts from data centres and other related operations, as regulators, researchers and civil society groups question whether water-intensive computing infrastructure is sustainably managed. Amazon’s “water positive” statement is therefore framed as part of its response to concerns about how AI and data-centre expansion affects local water availability. The sources provided do not include independent verification details or specific metrics in the excerpted text.