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Amazon continues renewable energy spree with 476 MW purchase
Amazon’s power bill has been soaring lately as it adds data centers to deal with rising demand for AI and cloud services.
The 274-megawatts of wind turbines being installed at Tâmega will feed power to the grid through the hydro complex’s existing connection, and when there’s excess, it can be used to pump water to the upper reservoir. Tech companies have been buying power from renewable projects at a fairly consistent pace, driven in part by how quickly and inexpensively wind, solar, and batteries can be installed. Last month, Meta said that it had signed two large deals for solar power, and Microsoft and Google previously announced that they were each backing multi-billion dollar renewable investments.
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