<ul><li>Amazon AWS CEO, Matt Garman, advocates for increasing nuclear energy supply in the United Kingdom for data centres due to its zero carbon, 24/7 power capabilities.</li><li>Following a warning from the International Energy Agency about rising electricity demands from data centres, Amazon had announced an £8 billion investment in building data centres in the UK for the next five years.</li><li>The UK government has designated data centres as critical national infrastructure, underlining their strategic importance, with other tech giants like Microsoft and Google also investing heavily in data centre infrastructure in the UK.</li><li>AWS is a significant buyer of renewable energy globally, having funded numerous solar and wind farm projects in the UK. The demand for electricity from data centres is increasing, with projections indicating that by 2030, they could consume a substantial portion of the total power supply.</li></ul>

AWS Boss Calls For UK To Increase Nuclear Power – Report

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