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Amazon.com went live from a rented house in Bellevue, Washington, selling books out of a garage-scale operation with a catalogue it did not stock. Within a month it had shipped to all fifty states and forty-five countries.

Jungle Cruise, inspired by the Disney theme-park ride and starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, opened in US theaters and on Disney+ Premier Access on 30 July 2021. It grossed US$221 million against a US$200 million budget.

Amazon won rezoning in September 2023 for 869 acres at the old Birchwood power plant in King George County, Virginia, for up to 19 data centers (7.25M sq ft); the county moved to reverse it and Amazon sued in April 2025. Cleanview lists 144 MW for the first building.

Six years after pulling out in 2019, Nike confirmed it will again sell its products directly to Amazon for the US store, part of Elliott Hill's push back into wholesale and marketplace partners.

Nike's fourth-quarter revenue fell 12% to $11.1 billion and diluted EPS sank 86% to $0.14 in the quarter it called the biggest hit of its Win Now turnaround, and it estimated new US tariffs would add about $1 billion of gross costs in fiscal 2026.

On 10 September 2025 Zoox began free public rides on and around the Las Vegas Strip in its purpose-built robotaxi, which has no steering wheel or pedals - what Zoox called the first fully autonomous ride-hail service in a purpose-built robotaxi.

On 27 January 2026 UPS said on its fourth-quarter call that it would cut up to 30,000 operational positions in 2026 and close 24 buildings in the first half as it winds down its Amazon business, after cutting 48,000 jobs in 2025.

Amazon bought about 1,300 acres of former Threemile Canyon Farms land near Boardman, Morrow County, Oregon for about 37M USD in April 2026 and filed plans for an exascale campus of up to 20 buildings and 1,000 MW; a third-party economic study puts the cost at 8B to 12B USD, and no development application has been filed.

Oregon lists Sunstone as approved but not yet constructed, with up to 1,200 MW solar and 7,200 MWh storage. On June 26, 2026 the site certificate transferred to Oregon Solar 1, LLC, a wholly owned Amazon subsidiary.

On 28 July 2026 UPS reported second-quarter revenue of US$22.8 billion and adjusted earnings of US$1.76 a share, and raised its full-year revenue outlook to about US$91.2 billion after completing its Amazon glide-down.

Amazon Data Services filed three Pecos County data-center buildings at 6000 TX-18, each estimated at USD 300 million and 189,060 square feet. The filings list planned work from August 1 to December 1, 2026.

Amazon registered Building B at 6000 TX-18 in Pecos County on August 4, 2026. The filing lists 189,060 square feet and an estimated USD 300 million construction cost. Its August–December 2026 construction window is a filed schedule; accessibility review completion does not establish an opening.

Amazon registered Building A at 6000 TX-18 in Pecos County on August 4, 2026. The filing lists 189,060 square feet and an estimated USD 300 million construction cost. Its August–December 2026 construction window is a filed schedule; accessibility review completion does not establish an opening.

Amazon registered Building C at 6000 TX-18 in Pecos County on August 4, 2026. The filing lists 189,060 square feet and an estimated USD 300 million construction cost. Its August–December 2026 construction window is a filed schedule; accessibility review completion does not establish an opening.

Zoox turned its free Las Vegas robotaxi service into a paid one on 10 August 2026, its first commercial market, after NHTSA granted the first commercial exemption for a vehicle with no manual controls.

Amazon Data Services is permitting the first three 220,000 sq ft buildings of a campus planned for up to 16 buildings at the Port of Walla Walla's Wallula Gap Business Park; the project is reported at 4.8B USD, Amazon has not disclosed its power demand (Cleanview estimates 300 MW per phase, 1,200 MW in total), and the county found the application complete on 1 September 2026.

From 3 September 2026 Zoox riders could book driverless trips between Harry Reid International Airport and the Las Vegas Strip, the company's first airport service, with pickups at both Terminal 1 and Terminal 3.

Qualcomm will build customised AI inference silicon and up-to-1.6T optical connectivity for Amazon's data centres over several generations, and gave Amazon a warrant for up to 25 million Qualcomm shares vesting against up to $60 billion of purchases.

Amazon’s Youth Promise directs 30,000 entry-level operations roles toward young UK jobseekers through 2030, alongside more than 10,000 work-experience placements. The commitment is not a claim of 40,000 net new permanent jobs.

Amazon confirmed a new devices-and-services layoff round. Reuters reports about 250 affected roles, primarily in software development; the company did not publish an exact count.

A state filing lists a November 16 start for Project Toaster’s US$100 million core-and-shell phase in Austin, with completion targeted for July 13,2027. Amazon separately projects 300–500 manufacturing and engineering jobs across the broader facility.

Amazon’s current announcement gives $25 B planned across Mississippi, including another $11 B in Madison County. Its original $10 B covered two Madison County complexes. Neither establishes this Ridgeland pin’s $2 B budget or 148 MW IT load.

Amazon says Canton will use reclaimed wastewater for cooling from 2027, with 83 million gallons reused annually. Its statewide$25 B program and additional$11 B Madison investment do not establish the old Canton-only$2 B budget or 200 MW IT capacity.

The Amazon, from the island of Skovos, becomes Diablo IV's next class in a paid class pack with the bow and a new javelin weapon type.

The Emmy Awards end their seven-decade run on broadcast networks: Prime Video streams the 79th Emmys live and free in September 2027 under a six-year deal, with the exact date and venue still to be announced.

Oregon’s regulator identifies Amazon subsidiary Oregon Solar 1 LLC as Sunstone’s certificate holder after a June 26, 2026 ownership amendment. The approved, not-yet-constructed project has up to 1,200 MW solar and 7,200 MWh storage; construction deadline is not COD.

EIA’s September 2026 preliminary inventory identifies AEUG Fleming Solar, LLC, plant 64658, in Fleming County, KY, with 188.5 MW electrical generation nameplate. The listed stage is (U) Under construction, less than or equal to 50 percent complete. Operation is forecast for 2028-05; this is a preliminary survey estimate, not an achieved opening or capacity commitment.

Separate construction cost, IT power, floor area and an opening date for this building or phase have not been verified. Published campus figures do not establish independent component figures.

Freepoint (Freepoint Energy Solutions / FPS Cedar Creek Solar LLC) is building the 114 MWac Cedar Creek Solar Project along Lighthouse Road and Woodland Beach Road east of Smyrna, Delaware, on about 260 acres with roughly 230,000 panels per WBOC. A GlobalData profile says output will be sold to Amazon under a power purchase agreement with 74.7 MW of offtake. EIA's September 2026 inventory still lists planned operation in July 2028 with approvals pending.

Amazon Energy won the bankruptcy auction for Pine Gate Renewables' permitted 1,200 MW solar and 1,200 MW (7,200 MWh) storage project in Morrow County, Oregon, for $83 million; no total construction cost has been published and full operation was targeted for 2030.