Amazon · Donald Trump · U.S. · Ars Technica
Amazon’s $1 billion plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
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On Friday, Amazon committed to donating more than $1 billion over the next five years to communities neighboring data centers.
Key facts
- Compared to the $220 billion the company is investing in data centers in 2026 alone, Amazon’s commitment of $1 billion over five years for community support is a drop in the bucket,” Stand
- On Friday, Amazon committed to donating more than $1 billion over the next five years to communities neighboring data centers
- Earth called out Amazon for claiming that most data center generators sparking pollution fears in communities typically sit “idle
- Amazon Web Services’ CEO Matt Garman said that communities would decide how to prioritize funds across “education, job training, energy affordability, water, and energy preservation, and local priorities
Summary
Amazon Web Services’ CEO Matt Garman said that communities would decide how to prioritize funds across “education, job training, energy affordability, water, and energy preservation, and local priorities.” Laying out other community commitments, Amazon also promised to ensure data centers wouldn’t increase power bills or wipe out local water supplies. Rolling out these commitments, Amazon seemed bent on convincing Americans that the swelling data center backlash is based on lies. According to Garman, US rivals are trying to “trick us into slowing down,” and Amazon’s commitments are meant to reassure Americans that everything’s okay and that they should instead plow ahead, as Trump endlessly advocates.