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OCTOBER 16, 2024

AWS Photo) Amazon today announced agreements supporting the construction of a next-generation nuclear power plant in its home state of Washington — marking the latest development in the tech-driven resurgence of nuclear energy. An Amazon data center in Oregon.

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APRIL 8, 2024

The net decrease in the state comes as Amazon builds up its workforce in downtown Bellevue, but sees its overall employment decline at its main headquarters campus north of downtown Seattle. The net decline in Washington state comes as Amazon spreads its workforce across what it calls its “Puget Sound headquarters.”

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GeekWire

JULY 10, 2024

It called out the addition of 77 new signatories to The Climate Pledge, an initiative launched by Amazon in which entities commit to hitting net-zero carbon by 2040. They both pointed to higher energy use to power AI operations and data center construction as helping drive the ballooning climate impacts.

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GeekWire

JULY 23, 2020

In a much-hyped branding reveal on Thursday morning from the construction site where a new Seattle arena is being built, the Seattle Kraken team name, logo and colors were unveiled in a live video announcement. (Seattle Kraken Image). Seattle’s professional hockey team finally has a name — and it’s time to get Kraken.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Numbers vary, but one estimate pegs concrete used in construction as being responsible for 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Earlier this year, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google and Meta signed an open letter calling on the tech sector to use less concrete and lower-carbon materials in the construction of data centers.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

As AI use is ramping up, Amazon Web Services and fellow hyperscale data center companies such as Microsoft and Google are making big investments in their computing capacity and expanding their electricity demands. “Our commitment to being net zero carbon by 2040 is unwavering and we’re really proud of the progress we’ve made.”

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MAY 13, 2024

(Helion Photo) The rapid growth of artificial intelligence is driving new demand for cloud computing infrastructure operated by tech giants including Amazon and Microsoft, which are investing billions of dollars each year into the construction of data centers that gobble massive amounts of energy. Europe, Asia and Latin America.

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