Introduction Climate Change Resources Smarter Chemistry Engagement and Advocacy Appendix 2023 Environmental Progress Report 51 Site water stewardship We’re also active in the communities where our facilities from the large aquifer that underlies Prineville, treats the In 2022, we partnered with Frank Water in India to We look beyond our operations and those of our suppliers are located. In Prineville, we supported the Deschutes water, and then conveys it uphill to a smaller local aquifer. develop and implement a water resource management to address shared water challenges. This involves Land Trust in the protection of the Ochoco Preserve, In the summer, this stored water is pumped to meet our plan through a community-based WASH grant that engaging with the communities around our facilities for which is situated at the confluence of the Ochoco and cooling needs so that our water usage doesn’t affect focuses on increasing water stewardship through the protection of local watersheds. Since 2018, we’ve McKay creeks — a major salmon and steelhead trout city water supplies. This response to seasonal variability improving decision making around water and climate partnered with the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) habitat in the Crooked River basin. In Reno, Nevada, and helps provide water security and drought resilience for resilience. Frank Water works alongside local partners so to advance the AWS Standard, the first global framework the surrounding areas, we continue to partner with The the region. that safe water, sanitation, and hygiene are within reach to measure responsible water stewardship across social, Nature Conservancy for restoration and clean-up efforts for communities experiencing challenges in accessing cultural, environmental, and economic criteria. In 2020, of natural habitats along the Truckee River. We’re also engaged with the Uptime Catalyst Facility water resources. And in 2023, we joined the UN Water Apple joined the AWS board of trustees with the objective in India, one of our key corporate locations with water, Conference to speak to the importance of corporate of highlighting water stewardship opportunities to our Replenishment and sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) challenges, to introduce leadership on water, emphasizing the importance of suppliers and promoting collective action on shared water nature-based solutions an innovative performance-based program that allows supply chain actions. challenges with the Information and Communications clean, cold water to be more widely distributed and Technology sector. A key element to addressing water availability, quality, maintained. This will generate a volumetric water benefit We also take positions on issues that matter to us and and access is replenishment efforts and nature-based annually, equivalent to our direct operations freshwater where we can try to make a difference. We’re engaging approaches to restoring watersheds. Our goal is to withdrawal in India. 67 with the development of the next phase of Volumetric Through AWS, we’ve been able to certify facilities replenish our corporate freshwater withdrawals in high Water Benefit Accounting methodology with the WRI and that meet the AWS Standard, considering benefits stress locations. This work is underway with some Leadership and advocacy others to further the replenishment and nature-based and recognizing impacts to local water catchments, key projects. solutions industry. communities, and ecosystems. Our Prineville, Oregon, Our work on water affords us another opportunity: to data center was the first facility of its kind to receive In partnership with the Bonneville Environmental lead with others and push for change across industries. AWS certification in 2021. In January 2023, our Reno, Foundation, we’re funding the removal of the invasive We collaborate with groups, including AWS and the Nevada, and Mesa, Arizona, data centers also achieved Arundo donax cane species in the San Fernando Valley Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), and speak certification. We are on track to certify all of our owned area of the Los Angeles River watershed. This plant to audiences that are in a position to impact their and operated data centers by 2025. species monopolizes space, sunlight, and water, displacing communities and industries. In May 2022, we addressed wildlife and stressing local watersheds. This removal effort the AWS Global Water Stewardship Forum in Edinburgh to Since 2018, 17 of our supplier sites have achieved addresses water availability in the watershed that feeds discuss our stewardship strategy supply chain. In October certification for the AWS Standard, 15 of which achieved the greater Los Angeles area and will deliver 55 m illion 2022, we addressed the RBA’s annual conference in a Platinum rating — the highest score achievable within gallons of replenished water annually. Santa Clara, California, with AWS to promote collective the AWS framework. In January 2022, Suzhou Industrial action on key catchment identification in the ICT sector in Park — with the help of Apple and other partners — In 2018, we partnered with the City of Prineville to develop order to further accelerate supplier participation in water become the first industrial park in the world to earn the an aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) system. The ASR stewardship efforts, including supplier hubs in priority AWS certification. system pumps water during the winter off-peak months water basins.