Amazon / AWS
Largest cloud provider in the US; massive data-center footprint, esp. Virginia.
Owns / has invested in
Capital and control flowing out
Amazon committed $8B to Anthropic (Sept 2023 + Nov 2024); April 2026 added a further $5B immediate + up to $20B milestone-tied, bringing announced total to ~$33B.
Data centers
9 projects in the dataset
- AWS Sunbury· operatesSunbury, Delaware, OHAnnounced
- AWS Loudoun "US-East" Cluster· operatesAshburn, Loudoun, VAOperational3500 MW
- AWS New Carlisle / St. Joseph Campus· operatesNew Carlisle, St. Joseph, INUnder Construction2200 MW
- AWS Madison County (Canton)· operatesCanton, Madison, MSUnder Construction1000 MW
- AWS Richmond County NC· operatesRockingham, Richmond, NCUnder Construction
- AWS Cumulus / Susquehanna Campus· operatesSalem Township, Luzerne, PAOperational960 MW
- AWS Umatilla / Morrow County Cluster· operatesBoardman, Umatilla, OROperational480 MW
- AWS New Albany· operatesNew Albany, Licking, OHUnder Construction
- AWS Falls Township· operatesFalls Township, Bucks, PAAnnounced
Supplies / contracts / lobbies for
Outbound services and contracts
AWS holds a slice of the DOD JWCC $9B cloud contract (Dec 2022, 5.5-year ceiling).
Supplied / contracted / lobbied by
Inbound services and contracts
- NVIDIA Corporation· supplies
Talen sold Cumulus campus to AWS adjacent to Susquehanna nuclear plant; FERC reviewing.
- Dominion Energy· supplies
Dominion supplies the Virginia Data Center Alley.
- American Electric Power· supplies
- Duke Energy· supplies
- PacifiCorp· supplies
- Turner Construction· contracted by
- Burns & McDonnell· contracted by
Substation + interconnect EPC for AWS Virginia campuses.
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld· lobbies for
Akin Gump is one of Amazon's top retained federal lobby firms.
Restructured as 17-year, $18B grid-connected retail PPA (up to 1.92 GW from Susquehanna) after FERC twice rejected behind-the-meter co-location ISA (Nov 2024 + Apr 2025).