Amazon Web Services backs 80MW Virginia solar farm after coming under pressure from customers

Jessica Shankleman
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Cloud computing giant was asked by Tumblr, Huffington Post and Upworthy to be more transparent about its shift to green energy

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing arm of the internet retail giant, is to buy energy from a new $150m solar farm in Virginia as it moves towards exclusively powering its operations with renewable...

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