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Built Together, Amazon’s “investment framework for communities where we operate data centers across the United States”, will add more than $1 billion over five years to existing community investments. The funding is organized around education and workforce pathways, energy affordability and water solutions, and flexible community funding. The education and workforce pillar includes free community … Read more
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When Hobart, Indiana, began receiving new revenue from local data centers, city leaders decided to put some of that money directly back into the community. They created a rebate program that helps residents cover the cost of home improvements. The idea is simple: residents make eligible upgrades to their homes, submit their expenses to the … Read more
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Most conversations about data centers happen in the abstract — projections, renderings, promises about what a community might become. Colonel Norman Larson doesn’t have to imagine any of it. He watched the whole story unfold already, from a front-row seat in Loudoun County, Virginia. Before settling in Northwest Indiana, Norman spent years in what has … Read more
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At 47, Jennica Manriquez never imagined she’d be teaching others how to troubleshoot complex data center systems. For years, she worked as a mental health technician, dedicated to helping others heal. But after a car accident left her with a back injury, her medical career came to an abrupt end. During her recovery, Jennica spotted … Read more
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Mark Pacheco never imagined he’d be working in a data center. For 13 years, he was a mechanical operations leader at Norfolk Southern Railroad, becoming a journeyman at just 18 years old. But when Amazon announced plans to build a data center in New Carlisle, Indiana, Mark saw an opportunity he couldn’t pass up. “I had no idea about … Read more
