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What to expect at re:Invent: Amazon Web Services navigates uncertain economic times

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Amazon Web Services will face a new challenge at its annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas this week: keeping software developers and big corporate customers engaged with the long-term potential of its cloud platform, while grappling with the more immediate realities of an economic downturn. Amazon Photo).

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AWS to invest $5.3 to build data centers in Saudi Arabia to bolster tech in the region

CIO Business Intelligence

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the latest high-tech giant to announce a major stake in Saudi Arabia’s burgeoning technology industry, unveiling a plan this week to invest more than $5.3 Indeed, the kingdom is positioning itself as a global leader in digital technologies ahead of its hosting of the World Expo 2030 in Riyadh.

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Amazon announces nuclear power deals as tech giants scramble for more clean energy

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(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. Their original announcement of the deal aimed for 2030 to bring the first reactor module online.

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DS Smith sets a single-cloud agenda for sustainability

CIO Business Intelligence

Dickson also has a generative AI agenda under way and is confident that once the company has its data stored universally, and has developed machine learning models, it can then move on to building large language models (LLMs) on AWS that will yield even more productive business outcomes. As for No. We’re a very purpose-based company.”

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Amazon sustainability report: Carbon emissions rose 19% in 2020 as pandemic drove huge revenue

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electric vehicle manufacturer, is producing 100,000 delivery vehicles for Amazon by 2030. Amazon aims to power its operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025 and make half of its shipments net-zero carbon by 2030, including through 100,000 custom electric vehicles that will be on the road by 2030. Rivian, a U.S.

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Microsoft is a guinea pig for climate friendly concrete as it paves the way to greener data centers

GeekWire

While the tech juggernaut expands, it also aims to be climate negative by 2030. 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. So the Redmond, Wash.-based

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As AI use surges, tech companies race to secure clean energy and preserve climate goals

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In March, news broke that Amazon Web Services is spending $650 million on a data center in Pennsylvania that’s plugged into the nation’s sixth largest nuclear power plant, providing up to 960 megawatts of carbon-free energy for its operations. Europe, Asia and Latin America.

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