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Amazon To Invest £40 Billion In UK, Campaigners Warn Of Data Centre Consumption
- Amazon plans to invest £40 billion ($54 billion) in the UK, creating thousands of new full-time jobs and new facilities.
- The investment will include four new fulfilment centres, two London office buildings, and upgrades to existing operations buildings.
- Amazon previously announced an £8 billion investment for Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centre construction.
- Campaigners have raised concerns about the energy consumption of the new AWS data centres planned in Bedfordshire.
- The investment is expected to create thousands of new permanent jobs outside of London and the South East, contributing significantly to the UK's GDP.
- Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy, highlighted the company's growth and contributions to communities across the UK over the past 27 years.
- The UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, praised Amazon's investment as a vote of confidence in the UK's business environment and job creation.
- The data centres planned for Bedfordshire are projected to consume a significant amount of electricity, raising environmental concerns.
- The proposed data centres are estimated to consume electricity equivalent to that used by over 42,500 UK households annually.
- The data centres will include 42 back-up diesel generators that require fortnightly testing.
- AWS CEO called for an increase in the UK's nuclear energy supply for data centres earlier this year.
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