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October 5, 2026

Amazon to invest $1B into data center communities amid backlash

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
AP Retail Writer

NEW YORK — Amazon is investing more than $1 billion over the next five years into communities where it operates data centers for education, job training, water and energy preservation projects and other local priorities as it reacts to a growing backlash from politicians and consumers to the tech industry's rollout of the massive buildings.

According to a blog post on Friday by Matt Garman, Amazon's CEO of its cloud computing arm, Amazon has already spent more than $1 billion in communities with a large data center presence over the past three years.


 
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