Amazon Investigates Employees Who Opposed AI Data Center Expansion at City Hearings
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Mariella Moon
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Amazon is investigating three employees who spoke out against the company's expansion of AI data centers during Seattle city hearings. The employees, members of Amazon Employees for Climate Justice (AECJ), testified about the environmental impact of data centers and now face potential retaliation, including threats to their jobs. The situation highlights tensions between Amazon's climate commitments and its growing AI infrastructure demands.
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· 3 pulledFive members of Amazon Employees for Climate Justice (AECJ) previously testified at Seattle city hearings about the environmental impact of data centers.
The engineers who spoke negatively about AI data centers at Seattle city hearings accuse Amazon of threatening their jobs over their testimonies.
Amazon is investigating three employees who spoke out against building more AI data centers.
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