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“ We are proud to work with these collaborators to pilot and scale the next generation of energy and material technologies, supporting our shared ambition to build a more resilient and sustainable future for everyone.”
Kara Hurst, Chief Sustainability Officer at Amazon, also points to operational lessons from the company’ s own data centre estate as part of the collaboration.
“ Amazon has shown leadership in energy and water efficiency across our data centre infrastructure for two decades, and the Data Center Innovation Initiative lets us put that operational expertise to work alongside entrepreneurs solving challenges in carbon-free energy, advanced cooling and lower-carbon materials,” she says.“ Our goal isn’ t just to prove these technologies work at scale – it’ s to create a shared playbook that accelerates adoption across the industry and delivers real benefits to the communities where we operate.”
Scaling technology beyond the sector While the DCII focuses on data centres, Elemental Impact positions the initiative as part of a wider industrial transition.
Technologies validated through the programme could eventually support manufacturing facilities, schools, hospitals and local energy systems.
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