Amazon announced a major $1 billion investment over five years to support communities located near its rapidly expanding network of data centers. The initiative aims to ease tensions as local residents raise concerns about environmental impact, energy consumption, and land use. The funding will go toward infrastructure upgrades, community programs, and sustainability initiatives. This comes as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure face heightened scrutiny under the EU’s Digital Markets Act, which may impose new obligations on major cloud providers.
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