Noelle Mitchell :verified: on Nostr: "...the power footprint for Amazon's northern Virginia data center portfolio will ...

"...the power footprint for Amazon's northern Virginia data center portfolio will amount to at least 2.7 gigawatts – 35% more than the entire power grid of the company's hometown city of Seattle.

David Ward, an Amazon spokesman, declined to comment on Insider's analysis of the company's energy footprint in northern Virginia other than to say: "Your estimate is inaccurate.""

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https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-data-centers-energy-grid-electricity-virginia-2023-8