Amazon.com News - August 8, 2026

Amazon backs massive Texas gas plant for AI, potentially top US polluter

Amazon confirmed its backing of a 7.65-gigawatt natural gas power plant in Pecos County, Texas. Pacifico Energy is developing the project, known as GW Ranch,...

AWS Orders Server Waste Cuts, Citing AI-Driven Capacity Crunch

Amazon Web Services (AWS) issued an internal directive in May ordering engineers to reduce wasted server resources. The mandate requires the elimination of...