Overview
- Organized by Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, the open letter to CEO Andy Jassy says the company’s “warp‑speed” AI rollout will harm democracy, workers and the environment.
- The letter lists 1,039 Amazon signers and more than 2,400 solidarity signers from other firms, and calls for powering data centers with renewables, formal non‑managerial oversight, and a halt to AI used for violence, surveillance or mass deportation.
- Amazon disputed the claims as “categorically false,” pointing to its status as the largest corporate buyer of renewable energy, investments in advanced nuclear, and a 2040 net‑zero pledge.
- Employees link the AI push to recent corporate job cuts and cite leadership statements that AI will mean fewer people in some roles, as remaining staff report higher quotas and pressure to embed AI in more projects.
- The challenge comes as Amazon plans up to $50 billion for AI infrastructure supporting U.S. government customers and continues major data center spending that reporters note has coincided with rising emissions.