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How AWS Think Big Spaces help kids around the world see their own far-reaching futures
There’s a classroom in Prince William County, Virginia, where kids are having so much fun, they tend to forget they’re actually in school.Whether they’re playing the role of geologist for a day and making their own rocks, or experimenting as a scient
31.05.2025
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Committed to our communities: The economic impact of AWS’s $15.6 billion investment in Oregon
AWS proudly supports the communities where we operate. More than a decade ago, when AWS announced the launch of data centers in eastern Oregon, we established a long-term commitment to being an active member in the local communities. Since then, AWS
31.05.2025
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AWS enabled me to build a solar-powered water pump to support education access in my hometown in Senegal. Here’s how I’ll continue the work this year.
I grew up in the small rural village of Medina Thiamene in Senegal with my parents and siblings, and I recall walking 4 to 5 kilometers daily to attend the nearest elementary school in Koutango. Having children who didn’t have easy access to educatio
31.05.2025
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I run a small bakery in Oregon. Here’s how AWS and tech help my custom cookie business.
In 2021, I got a call from Amazon Web Services (AWS) asking me to bake 100 of my custom-designed cookies for the opening of the first AWS Think Big Space educational space in the local area. That cookie order might not sound like a lot, but it was a
31.05.2025
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A look inside the AWS lab where retired data center hardware gets a second chance
Amazon Web Services (AWS) operates a global network of leading-edge server rack technologies across its data centers. Despite being some of the most advanced servers in the world, eventually, like all hardware, they must be replaced. To extend the us
31.05.2025
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Learn about AWS’s long-term commitment to Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia has long been an important place for Amazon Web Services (AWS). The state hosted the first data centers when AWS launched in 2006, and it plays a large role in bringing cloud computing to people around the globe.Amazon da
31.05.2025
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AWS to give 380,000 students access to programs that build valuable tech skills and forge employer connections
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a new initiative to boost career readiness for learners and modernize tech programs of study across 78 educational institutions, collectively serving more than 380,000 learners. The AWS Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance
31.05.2025
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How scientists are using AWS AI and ML to map the whole human brain
Neuroscientists have been working at it for decades, but progress on treating brain diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s is slow going.Why? The brain is our most complex organ. It’s also the most inaccessible to study. Datasets gathered for brai
31.05.2025
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Watch: How a pro rodeo rider and AWS team up to keep eastern Oregon's data centers secure
You might say Shawn Eng’s last fall from a bucking bronco was his most successful.The tumble that fractured Eng’s right leg in 2005 was serious enough that, for the first time in his rodeo career, he began to wonder if he could do it much longer. Up
31.05.2025
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After I fled Afghanistan, AWS helped me build a life for my family in the U.S.
How AWS Wickr's encryption service is helping at-risk Afghan citizensFor a nonprofit that needs secure communications as it works to evacuate at-risk Afghan citizens, AWS Wickr provides an encrypted lifeline.In August of 2021, I got a call from my mo
31.05.2025
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What generative AI means for businesses and how AWS can help
The conversation was like so many others Uwem Ukpong, vice president of Global Services at Amazon Web Services (AWS), has had nearly every day during the last few months. In this case, the chief financial officer (CFO) of a major industrial company r
31.05.2025
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AWS helped me learn how to build a computer from scratch. Here's how you can do the same.
Learn about Amazon's investments in eastern OregonWe continuously invest in communities where AWS data centers are located by supporting local jobs, generating economic growth, providing skills training and education, and unlocking opportunities for
31.05.2025