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Appears in 17 stories · Last updated Nov 11, 2026
Dropped four Northern Virginia data centers in October 2026; its proposed $2 billion Sunbury, Ohio, project was subject to a 25-megawatt ballot cap on Nov. 3.
Developers have called off at least $260 billion in planned US data center projects this year. On Nov. 3, voters approved data center restrictions in 40 of 41 local measures across 10 states, with the only rejection in Harwood, North Dakota.
Updated 12 hours ago
Rolling out text shopping by invitation; says outside shopping agents have not affected its ad business
Amazon began letting a small group of US customers shop by text message on November 6. They text a contact called “Alexa Shopping” to order groceries, compare prices, or send a photo of something they want. The assistant searches, suggests options, and completes the purchase once the customer approves.
Updated 3 days ago
Proposed 600-acre campus in Trenton, Ohio, blocked by ban
Voters decided at least 47 local data center measures across 13 states in 2026. In 46, the result went against the facilities, according to Ballotpedia. On Nov. 3, 40 of 41 measures favored limits; the exception was Harwood, North Dakota.
Updated 4 days ago
Has filed five Washington layoff notices in 2026, the latest covering 95 Seattle workers with a Dec. 7 layoff date.
Amazon filed its fifth Washington layoff notice of 2026 on Nov. 2, covering 95 Seattle employees with a layoff date of Dec. 7. The prior notice, in August, covered 121 workers in Seattle, Bellevue and Sumner, and their separations ran from Oct. 1 through Oct. 27.
Updated 7 days ago
Owner of Whole Foods; accelerating physical grocery retail
Whole Foods Market plans to open a Daily Shop at 2280 N. Milwaukee Ave., the former Family Dollar in Logan Square, Block Club Chicago and the Chicago Tribune reported. A company spokesperson confirmed the 10,000-square-foot lease. It would be the chain's second smaller-format store in Chicago, after the Wicker Park location announced in May.
Updated Oct 30
Subleasing 375,000 square feet at 1 Boston Wharf Road
Amazon has listed 375,000 square feet at 1 Boston Wharf Road for sublease. That is about 60 percent of the offices in the 17-story Seaport tower it leased in 2021. The space is available from January 2027.
Updated Oct 25
As of October 2026: Signed 20-year nuclear PPA; scrapped data center plan at the plant
Amazon abandoned plans for a data center beside Maryland's Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant in August after fierce community opposition. Two months later it signed a deal to spend billions upgrading the plant instead.
Updated Oct 8
As of October 2026: Announced the wage increase and expanded benefits package
Amazon's U.S. warehouse and delivery workers got a $1-an-hour raise effective September 27, pushing the company's minimum starting wage for full-time operations roles to $20. The increase, part of a $1.5 billion investment announced September 16, brings average hourly pay to nearly $24 and average total compensation past $32 an hour when benefits are counted.
Updated Oct 6
As of September 2026: Online competitor in apparel, home, and essentials
Target cut prices on nearly 2,000 home and apparel items on September 29, the latest round in a price reduction campaign that has run since 2024. The move is part of CEO Michael Fiddelke's plan to end three straight years of declining sales.
Updated Sep 29
As of September 2026: Parent company redirecting grocery investment to Whole Foods
Whole Foods now has a state liquor license on file for 355 S. Ogden Dr., near its longtime Third and Fairfax store in Los Angeles. A California alcohol license went active September 10 at 355 South Ogden Drive, the address of The Daphne, a new luxury tower rising next to The Grove and the Original Farmers Market.
Updated Sep 16
As of September 2026: Filing WARN notices as it cuts corporate jobs
Amazon filed a state notice on Aug. 28 saying it will cut 78 jobs at a San Francisco location, with layoffs effective Oct. 20. The filing, logged as SF019 with California's Employment Development Department, is the latest in a series of WARN notices the company has submitted during 2026.
Updated Sep 2
As of June 2026: Running Alexa for Shopping (formerly Rufus) with 300M+ users; blocking outside agents
Shopping inside AI chatbots moved from experiment to infrastructure in the first half of 2026, when Newegg launched full in-chat checkout on June 26. By then, two rival open standards were already competing for control of how AI-native checkout works.
Updated Jun 27
As of May 2026: Anchor investor and largest committed customer
No US utility has ordered a newly designed commercial reactor and seen it come online since the 1970s. On April 24, 2026, the first company trying to break that drought rang the Nasdaq bell. X-energy priced its IPO at $23 a share ($4 above its marketed range) and raised $1.02 billion, the largest US nuclear public offering in years. Shares closed their first day up 27%, giving the company a market valuation of roughly $11.9 billion. The offering was oversubscribed more than 15 times.
Updated May 31
As of May 2026: $15B upfront investment complete; $35B contingent commitment deadline is Dec 31, 2028 per SEC filings; Microsoft's legal objections to the deal resolved April 27
After the $122 billion round closed at the end of March, OpenAI ended its Azure cloud exclusivity and capped Microsoft's revenue share at $38 billion through 2030. On May 18, a jury dismissed Elon Musk's suit seeking $134 billion and the reversal of OpenAI's for-profit structure.
Updated May 29
As of May 2026: Operating largest U.S. delivery network, partnering with FedEx
Amazon was UPS's largest customer for nearly three decades. On January 27, 2026, UPS announced 30,000 additional job cuts and 24 facility closures to slash Amazon deliveries by more than half, calling the relationship 'extraordinarily dilutive' to profit margins. UPS stock rose 4% in pre-market trading on the earnings beat, then pulled back on a weak first-quarter outlook.
Updated May 23
As of May 2026: Embedded Alexa in third-party appliances but facing AI upgrade pressure
Samsung just put Google's Gemini AI inside a refrigerator. Not alongside it, not as an app—built directly into the hardware.
Updated May 19
As of May 2026: Buyer in pending deal
A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Sunday morning carrying replacement satellites Globalstar needs to keep its mobile network alive. The same launch ticks off one of the conditions Amazon set before paying about $10.7 billion to buy the company.
Updated May 17
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