亚马逊发布北卡 Richmond County 数据中心空气质量许可说明，未披露新的投资或订单增量

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How we're protecting air quality in Richmond County, North Carolina
Amazon has invested more than $20 billion in North Carolina since 2010, including infrastructure and compensation to our employees, and in 2025 alone, donated $10 million to more than 25 local community organizations. In June 2025, we announced plans to invest $10 billion to build a new data center campus in Richmond County, creating at least 500 high-skilled jobs and supporting thousands more in construction and the supply chain. We also signed a multibillion-dollar agreement with Corning to produce optical fiber for data centers, creating 1,000 jobs at Corning’s manufacturing facilities across North Carolina and supporting hundreds of additional construction jobs—continuing our commitment to the state. Locally, we’ve partnered with the City of Hamlet Fire Department to provide $1.5 million to enhance public safety services in the region, provided $200,000 in community grants, and collaborated with Richmond Community College to provide workforce development programs that prepare local residents for skilled jobs in cloud computing and technology.
As we move forward with this project, we want to share how we're protecting the local environment. Amazon is committed to environmental responsibility in every phase of building and operating our data centers. We work closely with environmental agencies to ensure we meet or exceed all applicable standards.
Understanding Our Air Quality Permit
As part of this project, we've applied for an air quality permit from the North Carolina Division of Air Quality for the backup generators at our campus. Here's what that means and how we protect local air quality.
Why does the facility need so many generators?
Amazon data centers serve millions of customers, including hospitals, first responders, energy systems, and national security agencies. A single power failure could halt life-saving care, cut emergency communications, or cripple vital infrastructure. As a result, Amazon has built resilience into every layer of its operations, and backup power generators are critical to ensure our customers can access cloud computing during emergencies. Our Richmond County campus will include 21 buildings, and each needs backup generators to ensure reliability for customers.
How often will the generators actually run?
Backup generators run very infrequently — on average 10 hours per year — mostly for brief biweekly tests to ensure they are ready and reliable when needed during rare emergencies. All testing must meet local noise and permit requirements. This careful approach keeps facilities prepared for emergencies while minimizing any potential disruption to the community.
How much air pollution will the generators produce?
We take air quality very seriously. Our generators are carefully maintained and fully compliant with all Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality regulations. Beyond meeting these requirements, we install Tier 4 compliant emission control systems on our backup generators that significantly reduce emissions below required levels to protect public health. Our generators comply with the EPA's strictest standards for diesel engines.
Tier 4 is the cleanest EPA emission standard for diesel engine technology. Our data center facilities use Tier 4 compliant generators that achieve the same stringent emission reductions as Tier 4 certified engines:
- 90% reduction in nitrogen oxides (NOx)
- 80% reduction in carbon monoxide (CO)
- 40% reduction in volatile organic compounds (VOC)
- 70% reduction in particulate matter (PM)
To ensure our emission control systems meet Tier 4 standards, we conduct comprehensive field testing as required by our environmental permits. We routinely test a representative sample of our Tier 4 compliant generators at each facility to verify they achieve the required emission reductions.
How are emissions monitored and reported?
Throughout every phase of our projects, from initial planning through construction and ongoing operations, we work with environmental regulators to ensure that we comply with all environmental permits. These standards are enforced through multiple layers of oversight, including environmental permitting and compliance processes with local, state, and federal agencies, routine performance testing, ongoing monitoring and reporting requirements, and regular inspections. Amazon’s annual compliance reports will be publicly available via North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and demonstrate that our facilities emit a fraction of the emissions that our permits limits allow.
In summary, this permit exists to protect local air quality. Generator operation will be limited to emergencies and required maintenance and testing. Our Richmond County campus will use Tier 4 compliant emissions controls, operate under strict state oversight, and report emissions data to regulators on a regular basis.
July 9, 2026 11:28 AM
Amazon connects with future data center talent in Hamlet, North Carolina
On June 25, Amazon welcomed 95 attendees to Richmond Community College in Hamlet, North Carolina, for a free networking and recruiting event focused on data center careers. The gathering brought together hiring managers, technicians, recruiters, and community members for conversations about engineering, operations, and install technician roles at Amazon's data center facilities.
The event offered a relaxed, one-on-one setting where attendees could speak directly with Amazon employees about career paths, compensation, benefits, and training programs. Some familiar faces were in the crowd, including participants from the AWS Information Infrastructure Pre-Apprenticeship (I2PA) program held at Richmond Community College in March. That paid four-week program delivered practical, hands-on training to prepare participants for careers building, connecting, powering, and operating the infrastructure that supports the information economy.
Attendees explored Amazon's mobile data center training lab, a facility designed to mimic the infrastructure of one of our data centers. The lab gave people hands-on experience with hardware, networking, and fiber optics.
Throughout the evening, attendees networked with leadership and data center employees across a variety of roles to hear firsthand about their experiences.
The event was open to people with IT hardware and infrastructure experience, as well as those transitioning from other hands-on technical roles or exploring new career directions entirely.
"We want people in this community to see themselves in these careers," said Kelly Felix, data center cluster operations leader for North Carolina. "Nights like this give us a chance to sit down with folks, answer their questions honestly, and show them what the work looks like. The talent is here. We just need to make sure people know the door is open."
July 8, 2026 9:06 AM
Amazon awards $500,000 to strengthen 46 local organizations in Northwest Louisiana
Forty-six organizations across Northwest Louisiana are turning local ideas into action with support from the Amazon Northwest Louisiana Community Fund, managed by nonprofit partner ChangeX. The fund awarded nearly $500,000 in grants of up to $10,000 to nonprofitst, schools, and individual community members across Caddo and Bossier Parishes and the greater Shreveport area. STACK Infrastructure, Amazon's data center development partner in the region, contributed $100,000 as part of a partnership to support community-led investment.
The grants were announced at a celebration on July 8 at Chef's Table by BeauxJax in Bossier City, Louisiana.
"We're proud to support the people and organizations doing meaningful work in Northwest Louisiana," said Afrika Alsup, community engagement manager at Amazon. "This fund puts resources directly into the hands of community members who understand what their neighbors need and are stepping up to d