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Scepter, ExxonMobil, AWS Collaborate for Methane Emissions Data Platform

May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 by Marisa Higgins

This collaboration with Scepter and AWS presents an opportunity for ExxonMobil to scale and enhance its methane emission detection capabilities, potentially supporting similar efforts across the industry.

Amazon Requests Discounted Power for New Ohio Data Centers

November 16, 2017 by Alyssa Danigelis

Testifying before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, an Amazon representative requested discounts on energy rates prior to the construction of 12 additional data centers in the state, DataCenter Knowledge reported. Amazon energy initiatives manager Charles Daitch, whose role supports Amazon Web Services, testified on behalf of Vadata, an Amazon ... Read more »

Greenpeace: AWS Lags on Renewable Energy Disclosure

January 18, 2017September 1, 2022 by Carl Weinschenk

Greenpeace, in a report released last week, suggested that progress is being made in clean data center powering, but that at least one major organization is not being as transparent as it should be. “Clicking Clean: Who is Winning the Race to Build a Green Internet?” reports that Apple, Google, ... Read more »

Amazon Accelerates Renewables Use in AWS Data Centers

November 30, 2016September 1, 2022 by Carl Weinschenk

Amazon Web Services said this week that its data centers will run on 50 percent renewable energy by the end of next year, according to GeekWire. The announcement was made at the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas by Distinguished Engineer James Hamilton. The portion that will come from renewables ... Read more »

White House, Google, Amazon, Launch Big Data Tool to Help Companies’ Climate Resilience Planning

September 22, 2016December 5, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A big data partnership — a collaboration between the White House, the World Resources Institute, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and other public and private entities — will provide a tool to help corporations make long-term infrastructure decisions by improving their climate resilience planning.

Amazon Commits to 100% Renewable Energy

November 21, 2014April 19, 2022 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Amazon Web Services says it will source 100 percent renewable energy for its global infrastructure. The company doesn’t give a timeframe for achieving this goal. Amazon has come under fire from Greenpeace for powering its infrastructure with polluting energy sources, unlike its high-tech rivals Google, Rackspace, Apple and Facebook that ... Read more »

Is Amazon’s New Data Center Really Carbon Neutral?

October 28, 2014April 20, 2022 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Amazon Web Services last week announced its new data center in Frankfurt, Germany would be carbon neutral. Greenpeace says prove it. Greenpeace senior energy campaigner David Pomerantz says Amazon needs to release more information to verify its carbon-neutral claim. “While we would like to trust that Amazon’s new facility will ... Read more »

Apple, Facebook, Google Lead Tech Firms on Renewables, Greenpeace Says

April 3, 2014April 14, 2022 by Leon Walker

Apple, Facebook, and Google are leading a growing number of technology companies working to power the internet with 100 percent renewable energy, signaling a major shift in the sector over the past two years, and leaving Amazon Web Services behind, according to Greenpeace research. Amazon Web Services, which hosts the data ... Read more »

Storms Shut Down Amazon Cloud Service, Chicago’s Midway Airport

July 3, 2012July 3, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Netflix, Pinterest and Instagram were among the millions of businesses and people without power over the weekend as a series of deadly storms moved across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Lightning in Virginia on June 29 took out part of Amazon Web Services — the company’s cloud-based computing service — affecting ... Read more »

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