Amazon’s Energy Success

Amazon recently boasted reaching its 100 per cent renewable energy goal seven years earlier than the 2030 goal. However, with Microsoft and Google disclosing an increase in greenhouse gasses due to infrastructure expansion, we look at whether the prospects of hyperscalers actually hitting their renewable energy targets (and carbon reduction targets) are realistic. 

Amazon Hits Target Seven Years Early 

Amazon announced that it had achieved its goal of matching all the electricity consumed by its global operations with 100 per cent renewable energy, seven years ahead of the original 2030 target. Given that Amazon’s AWS is the largest cloud provider globally, holding 31 per cent share of the global cloud infrastructure market, and is one of the key “hyperscalers”, along with Microsoft (Azure) and Google (Cloud Platform – GCP), it sounds like an amazing feat.