The new portfolio spans one wind farm, three utility-scale solar and battery hybrids, four distributed solar-battery projects, and new battery storage, strengthening grid reliability while expanding clean, carbon-free energy supply.
Amazon’s investments in carbon-free energy are part of our Climate Pledge goal to reach net-zero carbon across their operations by 2040.
Amazon Web Services is also advancing water sustainability initiatives as part of its goal to be water positive by 2030, including treated wastewater solutions for data centre cooling.
Matt O’Rourke, AWS Infrastructure and Energy Policy head, Australia and New Zealand, said this was Amazon’s largest single-year renewable energy investment in Australia and brings their total investment in renewable energy projects in Australia to $2.8 billion since 2020.
“We’re proud to be helping accelerate the transition to a more sustainable energy future,” Mr O’Rourke said.
“As we expand our cloud and AI infrastructure, we’re powering it not only with carbon-free energy, but also battery storage that strengthens grid reliability and proves data centres can run confidently on an increasingly renewables-based system.
“These long-term, storage-backed PPAs enable new projects to proceed and help to stabilise electricity costs.
“These projects help accelerate Australia’s clean energy transition and are part of Amazon’s Climate Pledge goal to reach net-zero carbon across our operations by 2040.”
This latest investment complements Amazon’s previously announced $20 billion investment alongside the prime minister, to expand data centre infrastructure in Australia by 2029, strengthening Australia’s cloud and AI capabilities.
“This landmark investment in expanding data centres in Sydney and Melbourne is supporting the increasing demand for cloud computing and AI, and enabling organisations of all sizes to accelerate AI adoption, innovate, and modernise their operations,” Mr O’Rourke said.
The Mokoan project was opened on April 21.
