The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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News - The Energy & Sustainability Channel, AWS
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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UK council launches heat network feasibility study for proposed data centers near Didcot Power Station in Oxfordshire
Will be undertaken by Nordic Energy, with results published in March of next year
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Amazon signs PPA with Constellation for Maryland nuclear plant
20-year deal to see 190MW of capacity added to Calvert Cliffs plant
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Amazon signs PPA with Statkraft for windfarm in Shetland, Scotland
Builds other wind PPAs in the UK
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Prysmian, Rio Tinto to supply Amazon data center in Ohio with low-carbon aluminum
Will deliver electrical cabling to the data center
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Amazon, Duke Energy accused of evading Clean Air Act at under-development data center in Hamlet, North Carolina
Generators permitted for one year
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Idaho National Laboratory, Nvidia, AWS launch Prometheus project under Genesis Mission
Seeks to expedite advanced nuclear development through AI
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Amazon's carbon emissions grow by 16 percent in 2025, on the back of record data center capacity additions
Company admits demand could impact progress to net-zero by 2040
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AWS in-row heat exchanger to reduce water use by 9% over evaporative air-cooled data centers
Custom solution deployed for AI workloads
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AWS says it added more data center capacity "than any other company" in 2025, including 1.2GW in Q4
The cloud king looks to hold onto its throne
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Amazon signs 90MW onshore wind PPA with Egg Power in Scotland
Biggest onshore wind PPA signed within in UK market
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AWS inks recycled water supply agreement with Greater Western Water for planned data center in Melbourne, Australia
Supplied via the Melton Recycled Water Plant
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AWS, Siemens Energy deepen cloud partnership to tackle data center power demand
The partnership also expands collaboration on energy infrastructure supporting AWS data centers
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AWS partners with Japanese power company Jera to enhance firms digital tools
Will also collaborate on renewable energy development to power AWS data centers
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AWS signs 110MW offshore wind PPA with RWE in Germany
Tied to the 900MW Nordseecluster B offshore wind farm in the eastern German North Sea
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Rio Tinto to supply AWS with low-carbon copper for US data centers
AWS to provide Rio Tinto with cloud-based data and analytics services
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Amazon, X-energy partner with South Korean consortium to advance SMR development across US
Aim to mobilize up to $50 billion in public and private investments
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AWS signs 80MW PPA with Gentari in Tamil Nadu, India
Wind project expected to be commissioned in mid 2027
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AWS breaks ground on water replenishment project in Sweden
Expected to be completed next year
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AWS to provide RWE with cloud and AI services
Will also collaborate on renewable energy development
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Amazon to expand number of data centers using recycled water to 120
Company currently uses wastewater for cooling at 20 sites
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Campaigners oppose AWS-linked data center in Bedfordshire, UK, over water and power fears
Amazon looks set to move in at the site if planning permission is granted
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GE Vernova, AWS partner on data center decarbonization and electrification
Focusing on AWS data centers across Europe, North America, and Asia
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US tech companies contract 48GW of clean energy year on year amid AI boom - report
S&P report recorded a 66.4 percent increase in contracted clean energy capacity between its 2024 and 2025 updates
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India's Tata Power migrates workloads to AWS
Indian power company is turning to cloud computing to accelerate energy transition
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Amazon signs two PPAs in India with CleanMax and BluPine Energy
The projects have a combined capacity of 199MW
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Amazon signs PPA with ERG in Northern Ireland
Will deliver the hyperscaler 2.5TWh of power
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Amazon signs 476MW of PPAs with Iberdrola across Spain and Portugal
Combined the projects are expected to generate 1,093GWh per year
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AWS pledges to use low-carbon concrete for future Japanese data centers
Partners with three firms for the use of ECM concrete, biochar, and Cleancrete