Amazon Invokes “National Security” To Counter Local Community Resistance To Its Massive AI Data Centers

Amazon's AI data center push faces 100-plus local moratoriums as AWS pledges $1 billion while communities demand enforceable answers on water, power, and transparency.

AWS warns 100 proposed data center bans could hurt America for generations

AWS says stopping AI data centers could have consequences that “last generations”.

Amazon pledges $1B to data center communities, warns that local opposition threatens U.S. AI lead

Amazon says it will spend more than $1 billion over five years on community college, job training and other programs in the U ...

Iran strikes on Amazon data centers caused permanent loss of customer data

Half a year after Iranian drone strikes knocked out multiple Amazon data centers, the US tech company has acknowledged the permanent loss of some customer data that was hosted in Bahrain and the ...
Crypto Briefing

AWS ends NDAs with government agencies amid data center transparency push

AWS ends NDAs with government agencies to boost transparency. Oklahoma data center moratorium by December 31, 2027 at 15.5% YES.
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AWS CEO Matt Garman debunks data center environmental myths

AWS CEO Matt Garman challenges misconceptions about data centers, asserting they use less water than claimed and contribute ...

Amazon.com (AMZN) Confirmed Iranian Drone Strikes Hit AWS Data Centers

Amazon.com (NasdaqGS:AMZN) confirmed that several AWS data centers were hit by Iranian drone strikes during the latest Middle ...
DatacenterDynamics

AWS plans 36-building data center campus in Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has filed a Preliminary Land Development Plan (PLDP) for a 36-building data center campus in Homer City, Pennsylvania. The company first shared an interest in developing in ...