In 2014, Amazon Web Services committed to use 100% renewable energy to power its cloud. Since 2017, Amazon has built 23 new data centers in Virginia, in what has become known as “Data Center Alley."
Data Center Alley is already home to the world’s highest concentration of data centers in the world and is dramatically expanding. Loudoun County Virginia, the center of Data Center Alley, claims 70 percent of the world’s internet traffic passes through its borders.
But Amazon Web Services operations in Virginia are only 12% renewable. Ask Alexa -- Why is Amazon still using so much dirty energy?