Amazon pledges more than $1B over five years to communities that host its US data centers

Amazon announced its Built Together program, adding more than $1 billion over five years to its existing work in communities where it operates US data centers. The money targets education and workforce training, energy affordability and water, and flexible funding that local communities help direct. The move comes as local opposition to data centers grows; the pledge is small against Amazon's roughly $220 billion 2026 capex plan.

• More than $1 billion over five years, added to existing community work
• Goal to remove community college costs for more than 300,000 students
• Energy-efficiency upgrades aimed at more than 30,000 homes and 300 schools and buildings
• Training centers targeted to prepare up to 100,000 learners a year by end-2028
• Five-year horizon; the page gives no start or end date