Amazon pledges more than $1 billion over five years for data center communities

Amazon will add more than $1 billion over the next five years to its spending in U.S. communities near its data centers, Amazon Web Services Chief Executive Matt Garman said in an Oct. 2 announcement.

The program, called Built Together, will fund education, job training, energy affordability, and water and energy conservation. Garman wrote that communities will help decide how the money is used.

Energy grants

One part of the program will offer grants for energy-efficiency upgrades at K-12 schools, community buildings and homes in counties where Amazon has data centers. Over five years it targets more than 300 schools and community buildings and more than 30,000 homes, Amazon said. The company estimated savings of about $700 per household a year.

Data Center Commitment

Amazon also published what it calls the Amazon Data Center Commitment, a set of tenets for how it builds and runs data centers.

Garman wrote that Amazon has contributed more than $1 billion over the past three years to U.S. communities where it has a meaningful data center presence. He also said Amazon is committed to being water positive across its data centers by 2030, and was 75% of the way to that goal as of 2025.

Sources

1. Amazon.com, Inc. company announcement, "The race our nation can’t afford to lose, plus a new commitment from us and a fresh set of community investments," Oct. 2, 2026, About Amazon newsroom

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