Industry panel: AWS, Data Center Coalition and Compass outline investments, workforce programs and policy advice
Industry representatives described multibillion‑dollar investments, workforce pipelines (I2PA and MEI programs), and urged the task force to avoid creating uncertainty; AWS cited $25 billion planned investment and the Data Center Coalition shared economic contribution figures from a 2024 study.
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Andrea Hutchins (AWS) told the task force AWS has invested more than $10 billion in Mississippi since 2019 and has planned investments totaling $25 billion that the company expects will create about 2,000 permanent operations jobs across several campuses. "Since 2019, AWS has invested more than $10,000,000,000 in Mississippi," Hutchins said, and she highlighted community workforce programs such as the information infrastructure pre‑apprenticeship (I2PA) and mobile training labs.
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