Microsoft responds to AI data center revolt, vowing to cover full power costs and reject local tax breaks The tech giant’s new “community first” initiative includes pledges to pay full power costs, reject local tax breaks, and replenish more water than it uses — a response to growing backlash against AI infrastructure expansion. Read More
More than half of DC workers would consider leaving their jobs to work for Amazon, survey finds Workers in Washington D.C. appear eager to jump ship for Amazon jobs, according to a new survey. Millennials and IT… Read More
Amazon’s new HQs in DC and NY could grow much larger than previously reported, records show Amazon HQ2 became a media spectacle because of the promise to bring 50,000 new jobs to a single community. News… Read More
GeekWire’s HQ2 tour: 5 takeaways from the front lines of Amazon’s ambitious headquarters experiment NEW YORK — Beginning in 2019, Amazon employees will be traveling between the company’s original Seattle home and its two new… Read More
Amazon HQ2 speculation swirls as Jeff Bezos heads to DC Mr. Bezos is going to Washington, with the eyes of the nation on him. The Amazon CEO arrives in Washington,… Read More
If Amazon puts HQ2 in D.C. area, employees leaving Seattle would feel some gain, but plenty of pain If Amazon chooses Washington, D.C., or its Virginia or Maryland suburbs for its second headquarters, Amazon employees transferring to the… Read More
