Amazon Leads World in Clean Energy With 700+ Projects

The company powering millions of online orders is now powering something even bigger: a cleaner energy future for entire communities.

Amazon has earned recognition from BloombergNEF as one of the world's leading corporate purchasers of carbon-free energy in 2025. The company now operates the largest carbon-free energy portfolio of any corporation globally, spanning more than 700 projects across 28 countries.

Here's what makes this remarkable: when Amazon invests in these projects, the new energy doesn't just power their warehouses and data centers. It flows into the same electrical grid that powers homes, hospitals, and schools in those communities.

The numbers tell an impressive story. Amazon has invested billions in more than 40 gigawatts of total carbon-free energy capacity. That's enough to power the equivalent of 12.1 million American homes.

Their portfolio includes four nuclear power agreements, 11 utility-scale battery storage projects, over 300 utility-scale solar and wind farms, more than 300 onsite solar projects, and six offshore wind farms in Europe. Each project represents new energy added to local grids.

In Mississippi, Amazon partnered with local utility Entergy to enable 650 megawatts of new renewable energy. Once operational, it will serve the equivalent of more than 150,000 homes. Even better, Entergy is using these investments to fund a $300 million grid reliability campaign at no cost to residential customers, aiming to cut outages by roughly 50%.

Amazon is also advancing next-generation nuclear energy through small modular reactors. Their agreement with Energy Northwest in Washington state will develop four advanced reactors with initial capacity of 320 megawatts, expandable to 960 megawatts. That could power the equivalent of more than 770,000 homes starting in the early 2030s.

A separate $500 million investment in X-Energy aims to bring more than 5 gigawatts of new nuclear capacity online by 2039. That's enough to power roughly 4 million homes with steady, 24/7 carbon-free electricity.

The Ripple Effect

These projects create real economic opportunity in local communities. The construction phase alone generates thousands of jobs, with hundreds of permanent positions following. Communities gain both cleaner air and more reliable, affordable electricity.

The corporate sector is taking notice. Ray Long, CEO of ACORE, notes that corporate renewable energy procurement has become one of the largest drivers of new carbon-free energy projects in the United States. Long-term commitments from companies like Amazon provide the financial certainty that enables developers to build at scale.

As more companies follow Amazon's lead, the collective impact grows stronger. Economies of scale bring down costs for emerging technologies, making clean energy more accessible for everyone. Grid infrastructure improves, benefiting entire regions.

The investments also support America's technological leadership by powering the AI innovation and emerging technologies that require massive amounts of reliable electricity.

Maria Korsnick, CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute, emphasizes that nuclear energy provides the reliable baseload power essential for meeting growing energy demands. Corporate investments in technologies like small modular reactors are critical for fueling innovation while reducing emissions.

Communities everywhere will benefit from cleaner grids, stable energy costs, and the thousands of jobs these projects create.