# Amazon to invest $1 billion over five years in US data center communities

https://mins.news/en/item/83152

- Reuters, 2026-10-02 09:10 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazon-invest-1-billion-over-five-years-us-data-center-communities-2026-10-02/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6abf74f2aa92170001cbfb04

> Amazon’s cloud computing division said it will invest more than $1 billion over the next five years in US communities hosting its data centers, while addressing their effects on electricity and water use.

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