Salesforce Unveils Three-Pillar Water Plan, Linking Data Center Efficiency to Global Watershed Health

Published November 11, 2025

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Salesforce launches a three-pillar water plan for data centers, power, and watersheds — backing restoration in Brazil and Mexico ahead of COP30.

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As global tech giants race to make their operations greener, Salesforce is taking a closer look at one vital and often overlooked resource: water.

Ahead of the COP30 climate conference in Belém, Brazil, the company announced a new phase of its Nature Positive Strategy, introducing a dedicated program focused on sustainable water use in its data centers and power systems. This comes alongside major investments in Latin American watershed restoration.

Under the initiative, Salesforce said its dedicated water program will center around three pillars: resilient data center, power supply, and watersheds.

According to the company, the plan includes setting “sustainable water withdrawal and discharge expectations for priority first- and third-party data centers,” and working closely with cloud partners “to improve transparency and performance.”

Salesforce will also tackle the water demands of electricity generation by promoting clean energy use and grid decarbonization in key regions.

Restoring watersheds in Latin America

As part of its renewed focus, Salesforce is investing in community-led watershed restoration across Brazil and Mexico, regions vital to both biodiversity and human livelihood.

In Brazil, the company supports Conservation International’s “Conservador das Águas” project in the Jaguari River Basin, a vital water source that serves nearly 9 million people in São Paulo. The initiative aims to restore springs, expand native vegetation, and protect riparian zones, all of which have a direct impact on water quality.

Across Mexico, Salesforce is supporting restoration efforts in Xochimilco, Cutzamala, Moctezuma, and Michoacán, regions central to Mexico City’s water system and home to critical ecosystems, including the monarch butterfly habitat.

Salesforce’s environmental push doesn’t stop on land or rivers. The company is expanding its involvement in “blue carbon” initiatives, programs that use ocean and coastal ecosystems to capture and store carbon naturally.

Through partnerships such as the Mangrove Breakthrough and the Symbiosis Coalition, Salesforce is helping mobilize financing for ocean-based climate projects, including those that restore mangroves and coastal wetlands. According to Salesforce, these efforts are expected to contribute to the delivery of up to “20 million tonnes of high-integrity nature-based carbon removal credits by 2030.”

Connecting local action to a global scale

Salesforce’s Nature Positive Strategy, first introduced in 2023, sets ambitious goals, from conserving and restoring 100 million trees by 2030 to investing $100 million in nature and sustainability projects by 2031. The new water-focused phase marks a deepening of that commitment, emphasizing that tech sustainability isn’t just about carbon, but also about protecting ecosystems that sustain communities.

“At COP30, the world is calling for action that connects local leadership with global scale,” said Sunya Norman, senior vice president of Impact at Salesforce. “By investing in watershed restoration and nature-based solutions, we’re helping protect ecosystems that sustain communities while building a more resilient planet.”

With water scarcity becoming an increasingly concerning global issue, the company’s latest steps signal that tech firms are beginning to recognize the importance of not only reducing carbon footprints but also protecting the natural systems that make life possible.

Last month, Fastly unveiled a dashboard for tracking its own sustainability. The company says that the feature helps developers track the carbon footprint of their code as 77% adopt green coding, balancing AI’s energy demands with sustainability.

Aminu Abdullahi

Aminu Abdullahi is an experienced B2B technology and finance writer. He has written for various publications, including TechRepublic, eWEEK, Enterprise Networking Planet, eSecurity Planet, CIO Insight, Enterprise Storage Forum, IT Business Edge, Webopedia, Software Pundit, Geekflare and more.