Amazon Knows What Really Powers the AI Boom — and It Isn’t Wind and Solar - The Daily Bo Snerdley

Amazon Knows What Really Powers The AI Boom — And It Isn’t Wind And Solar

When it comes to keeping its servers running, Amazon is doing what most serious players in the data center business are doing: turning to natural gas.

Amazon knows what really powers the AI boom — and it isn’t wind and solar - The Daily Bo Snerdley

For years, Amazon has been one of corporate America’s key poster children for climate virtue signaling. No company in the country has contracted for more “carbon free” power gen — 25.6 gigawatts of it, including 17.9 GW of solar and 4.4 GW of wind according to a new report from the research firm Cleanview. But when it comes to keeping its servers running around the clock, Amazon is doing what most serious players in the data center business are …