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Amazon’s $1B data center pledge underscores rising tension over AI build-out

As tech giants navigate the backlash over massive data-center expansions, Amazon is responding with a financial commitment of $1 billion for communities where the facilities are located. The ...

Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash

Rolling out these commitments, Amazon seemed bent on convincing Americans that the swelling data center backlash is based on lies. Echoing Donald Trump’s claims that foreign disinformation campaigns ...

Amazon providing data center updates on Zoom for Hobart residents

As Amazon Web Services continues site preparation work for its data center project at 61 Avenue and Colorado Street in Hobart ...

Amazon is buying billions in Nvidia AI systems it can't yet turn on

AWS is ordering billions in Nvidia AI racks early and staging some in warehouses while data centers await power.
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Oregon halts most new data center permits until July, and Amazon warns billions of dollars are at risk

Supporters say the pause could give communities more time to assess the industry's effects.

Trenton mayor resigns after monthslong dispute over data centers

Trenton Mayor Ryan Perry will step down Jan. 1, 2027, a year before his term was set to end.

Amazon knows how to build big. The AI boom is testing just how big it can go.

Amazon's $220 billion AI buildout is draining cash as power shortages, costly Nvidia servers, and construction challenges ...