Hyperscaler / Cloud Provider
Seattle-based e-commerce and cloud company. Amazon Web Services is the largest cloud provider globally by revenue and infrastructure footprint. AWS doubled its power capacity footprint since 2022, added 3.8 GW in the 12 months ending October 2025, and is tracking to double again by 2027.
Data Center Footprint
AWS operates 33 geographic regions with 105 availability zones as of early 2026, with additional regions announced. The company brought 1.2 GW of power online in Q4 2025. Starting in 2026, AWS is adding nearly 1.3 GW of AI and supercomputing capacity for U.S. government cloud customers. Committed investments include $15 billion in Northern Indiana for multiple campuses totaling up to 3 GW, and at least $20 billion in Pennsylvania for two large-scale AI data center campuses.
Energy Strategy
Talen Energy expanded its power purchase agreement with Amazon in 2025 to supply carbon-free electricity from the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. The deal covers an Amazon data center campus adjacent to the plant, with flexibility to deliver power to other AWS sites throughout Pennsylvania. The expanded agreement also includes exploration of new small modular reactors within Talen's Pennsylvania facilities and increasing Susquehanna's output to the PJM grid.
Amazon has been the world's largest corporate renewable energy buyer for several years running. Beyond the Talen nuclear PPA, Amazon is building out its own nuclear supply:
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