Brandon Oyer | Head of America’s Power & Water, Amazon Web Services
2025-07-27
Welcome to The Zenergy Podcast! Today, Karan sits down with Brandon Oyer, Head of America’s Power & Water at Amazon Web Services. Brandon shares his role at Amazon and how he became involved at the company. They then discuss how Amazon is using AI to get more power onto the grid, how much demand comes from traditional cloud computing vs AI, and Amazon's plan to be net-zero carbon by 2040. Brandon shares several sustainability projects Amazon is currently involved in, and we get a behind-the-scenes look into what it takes to supply a region with more power. If you enjoy today’s episode, be sure to like and subscribe to the podcast so you don’t miss other episodes.
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Editing/Graphics: Desta Wondirad, Wondir Studios
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