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flag Amazon buys Didcot A power station for $265M to build data center, creating 5 new jobs.

flag Amazon is set to create new jobs in Oxfordshire after reportedly buying the former Didcot A power station for $265 million, with plans to redevelop it into a data centre. flag The company confirmed a net increase in jobs from six to 11 full-time equivalents and a nearly 300-square-meter expansion in floorspace. flag While local officials support the project’s employment and space gains, environmental concerns have been raised over energy and water use, prompting calls to repurpose waste heat for local heating. flag A decision on the planning application is expected by March 3. flag The site, which operated from 1970 until 2013, previously saw protests and a 2016 collapse that killed four workers.

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