Amazon's $1B Data Center Pact Sparks More Opposition

Amazon pledged over $1 billion to communities near its data centers, focusing on education, job training, and environmental initiatives. AWS CEO Matt Garman dismissed concerns as disinformation, urging an end to data center moratoriums to keep the US competitive in AI. Critics at Stand.Earth called the move ‘corporate propaganda,’ highlighting Amazon’s support for a major pollution source and lack of concrete pollution reduction plans.