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Amazon pledges $20B for Australian data centers, donates to Labor Party

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a $20 billion plan to construct data centers in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. AWS CEO Matt Garman emphasized Australia's significance as a market for the company. Shortly after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's visit to AWS headquarters, the company made a substantial donation to the Labor Party, marking its largest recorded payment to an Australian political party. Over six years, Amazon made 34 payments totaling $538,000 to both Labor and Liberal party branches. AI

IMPACT Accelerates AI development by providing necessary infrastructure for large-scale AI models.

RANK_REASON Significant investment in infrastructure and political donations by a major tech company. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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Amazon pledges $20B for Australian data centers, donates to Labor Party

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    “ On 14 June 2025, # AnthonyAlbanese stood inside an enormous sphere of glass and steel, surrounded by 40,000 plants from around the world. His mind was firmly

    “ On 14 June 2025, # AnthonyAlbanese stood inside an enormous sphere of glass and steel, surrounded by 40,000 plants from around the world. His mind was firmly fixed on datacentres. The prime minister # PM was in the Seattle headquarters of # AmazonWebCentres He stood alongside t…

    LINKS theguardian.com/…/donations-lobbyists-how… theguardian.com/australia-news

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