Amazon accused of abandoning 100% renewable energy goal

Slow progress on powering firm's datacentres using renewables raises questions

Amazon has been accused of abandoning a much-publicised goal of running its datacentres on 100% renewable energy - instead focusing its attention on winning business from the oil and gas industry.

According to a Greenpeace report released earlier this year, some of Amazon's most important datacentres in the US state of Virginia, where the company has committed to building its second HQ, are powered by only 12% renewable energy. Across the company as a whole, Amazon reached 50% renewable usage in 2018, and has not issued any updates since.