Amazon vows $1 billion for data center towns, warning U.S. “can’t afford to lose” AI race
Amazon’s cloud computing division on Friday announced a new effort to temper opposition to data centers in some U.S. communities, while saying the U.S. “can’t afford to lose” the race to dominate artificial intelligence globally. The tech giant pledged to invest an additional $1 billion over five years in the communities where it builds data…