At Amazon, the AWS portion of the business remains its most profitable. While other business units cut jobs, Amazon's cloud juggernaut expects to add staff to support its steady growth.
Amazon Web Services today announced a sweeping program to measure, manage, and report data on water usage for its data centers worldwide. The firm also pledged to become water positive by 2030.
By 2030, Amazon will spend $4.4 billion in South Asia, according to the company. AWS will be the first cloud provider in the Hyderabad region of India.
A tribe that wanted to stop the development from encroaching on their lands couldn't prove harm. Battles about the location of Amazon's latest major campus on the African continent continue.
Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet have pledged to run their own operations on 100% clean power. But their suppliers remain deeply reliant on fossil fuels.
The plan is designed to promote sustainable and inclusive economic growth, while advancing competitiveness in the region. Apple, Amazon, Google, Cisco, Dell and Microsoft are just some of the tech companies involved in the program.