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Amazon is building 44 GW of data centers. Here's how it plans to power them.
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Fusion42 · 23 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
Amazon is aggressively expanding its US data center capacity to 44 GW, more than quadrupling its footprint, and is securing power through a mix of large-scale renewable contracts and a significant new fleet of natural gas power plants.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Deep Tech: Telecom & Connectivity.
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Amazon is rewriting data center scale with a 44 GW buildout backed by massive renewable and gas power deals. If you supply components or services in power or data infrastructure, a huge market just opened with both green and conventional power dependencies.
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