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cloud provider and data center customer or operator

Amazon / Amazon Web Services

AWS is Amazon's cloud business. Some campuses in these announcements are developed and owned by a separate landlord.

Dated commitments & changes

site preparation

Amazon confirms Somervell County site preparation

Amazon described a planned campus near Glen Rose and said site preparation was underway on Vistra-owned land next to Comanche Peak.

≥550 positionsFull-time positions supportedforecast jobsSomervell County projectat leastAmazon ↗
Unincorporated Somervell County, near Glen Rose, Texassite preparation underway
Sources and context

The source does not disclose an IT capacity or investment amount. Adjacency to a nuclear plant is not proof of a particular electricity supply contract. Preparation is not commercial operation.

community commitment

Amazon launches Built Together commitments

Amazon announced new community funding and said it had stopped using nondisclosure agreements with government agencies on its projects.

>$1BAdditional community fundingannounced community commitmentBuilt Together over the following five yearsgreater thanAmazon / Matt Garman ↗
United States; data center communitiescommitment announced
Sources and context

Actual disbursements against this funding pledge have not been audited. The NDA statement describes company-reported policy and does not establish that every local record is public.

expansion plan

Amazon raises its northwest Louisiana investment plan

Amazon expanded its Louisiana commitment to include another Shreveport campus. STACK is identified as developer and owner of the planned campuses.

$18BInvestment planannounced investmentNorthwest Louisiana campus portfolio; revised totalstatedAmazon ↗
Caddo and Bossier parishes, including Shreveport, Louisianaexpansion announced
Sources and context

The revised total replaces the earlier $12 billion plan; it must not be added to that plan. The source was first published in February but explicitly dates this expansion to August 18. Amazon's role differs from STACK's ownership and development role.

investment plan

Amazon expands its Mississippi investment plan

Amazon increased its statewide data center plan, including new commitments in Madison and Hinds counties.

$25BStatewide investment planannounced investmentTotal Mississippi data center commitment, including prior plansstatedAmazon ↗
Madison, Hinds and Warren counties, Mississippiexpansion announced
Sources and context

This cumulative plan includes earlier commitments. It is not an amount already spent or a new incremental amount.

community commitment

Amazon signs the federal ratepayer pledge

Amazon said it signed the White House Ratepayer Protection Pledge and committed to paying its data center energy and infrastructure costs.

United States; national commitmentcommitment announced
Sources and context

A commitment does not establish measured bill impacts or eliminate the need to inspect local contracts.