Amazon enters agreements for nine Australian renewable projects to power datacentres

Tech company has signed on to nine deals as it aims to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2040

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Amazon has entered power agreements with nine new renewable projects in New South Wales and Victoria, as the technology company seeks to source renewable power for its datacentre operations in Australia.

The nine deals, including one windfarm and 10 solar and battery projects, will take the amount of renewable energy Amazon is sourcing in Australia from 430MW to nearly 1GW.