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Mayor: Amazon Data Services commits $2 billion to Sunbury Business and Technology Park
Summary
In a State of the City address Mayor Joe St. John said Amazon Data Services has committed at least $2,000,000,000 to the Sunbury Business and Technology Park; the project will require significant utility and infrastructure upgrades paid by the developer and could take four to six years before breaking ground.
Mayor Joe St. John said Amazon Data Services has committed to invest at least $2,000,000,000 in the Sunbury Business and Technology Park, calling it the largest single investment in the city’s history.
The pledge, announced during the State of the City address, comes with major infrastructure requirements. St. John said the site is near Sunbury’s wastewater treatment plant and the AEP substation but that electricity and water availability must be solved before development can proceed. He said Amazon and other businesses will fully fund the infrastructure improvements required, “ensuring that growth pays for growth.”
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