The Zhitong Finance App learned that Amazon (AMZN.US) has signed a long-term agreement to purchase electricity from four Swedish wind farms to help meet the power needs brought about by the company's data center expansion in the Nordic countries. These agreements will add nearly 200 megawatts of electricity. Amazon said in an email statement that once all projects are fully operational, its total power supply capacity in Sweden will exceed 1 GW. The four wind farms were developed by Eolus AB and OX2 AB, which is owned by private equity firm EQT AB.
As demand for cloud computing and artificial intelligence services grows, Amazon and other hyperscale data center operators are increasing their power procurement efforts and investing in self-built power generation capacity. Amazon plans to add 2 million Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs) to its data center cluster in 2027 and 2028, after the company previously said it would begin deploying 1 million this year. This shows that the “arms race” for AI computing power is far from slowing down.
Amazon said that the installed capacity of 1 gigawatt of wind power can meet the electricity needs of more than 350,000 households each year, but did not disclose the details of the latest agreement.
In 2025, Amazon became the largest buyer of fossil-free energy companies in Sweden. Globally, Amazon has invested in over 700 such projects with a total installed capacity of over 40 gigawatts.
The Boarp (Boarp), Dållebo (Dållebo) and Fågelås (Fågelås) wind farms are already in operation, while the largest Fageråsen (Fageråsen) wind farm is currently under construction. Amazon's current business in Sweden includes data centers in Eskilstuna (Eskilstuna), Katrineholm (Katrineholm), and Västerås (Västerås).
Amazon said in a statement: “The capacity of these three locations will all be expanded.”