Amazon.com Inc.
06/12/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 06/12/2026 01:53
What you need to know about Amazon today: June 12, 2026
Amazon's data centers are 7x more water-efficient than the industry average. Here's how we do it.
Amazon's global data center operations used just 0.12 liters of water per kilowatt-hour in 2025-over 7x more efficient than the industry average-thanks to custom cooling technology that relies on free air cooling about 90% of the time and water only during the hottest hours. The company is 75% of the way to its goal of being water positive by 2030, with over 50 water projects expected to return more than 5.8 billion gallons annually to local communities and 26 facilities already running on 100% reclaimed water.
Amazon's global data center operations used just 0.12 liters of water per kilowatt-hour in 2025-over 7x more efficient than the industry average-thanks to custom cooling technology that relies on free air cooling about 90% of the time and water only during the hottest hours. The company is 75% of the way to its goal of being water positive by 2030, with over 50 water projects expected to return more than 5.8 billion gallons annually to local communities and 26 facilities already running on 100% reclaimed water.
AWS Graviton5 is now generally available, delivering purpose-built performance for the agentic AI era
AWS Graviton5-powered Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd instances, is now available to all customers-up to 25% faster than the last generation. Graviton5 is purpose-built for the demands of agentic AI-real-time reasoning, code generation, and multi-step task orchestration. Using Graviton5, apps run 35% faster, ML inference is 35% faster, and databases are 30% faster. The chip joins more than 120,000 customers already running on AWS's Graviton family and includes enhanced security through a new component that provides mathematically proven isolation between workloads.
AWS Graviton5-powered Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd instances, is now available to all customers-up to 25% faster than the last generation. Graviton5 is purpose-built for the demands of agentic AI-real-time reasoning, code generation, and multi-step task orchestration. Using Graviton5, apps run 35% faster, ML inference is 35% faster, and databases are 30% faster. The chip joins more than 120,000 customers already running on AWS's Graviton family and includes enhanced security through a new component that provides mathematically proven isolation between workloads.
The best books of 2026 so far, according to the Amazon Editors
Amazon's Editors have revealed their Best Books of 2026 So Far, with Tayari Jones's Kin claiming the top spot. Set in the Jim Crow South, this coming-of-age novel explores motherhood, chosen family, and identity. The full list features both acclaimed authors and standout debuts, spanning categories like fiction, biographies, history, mystery, and romantasy.
Amazon's Editors have revealed their Best Books of 2026 So Far, with Tayari Jones's Kin claiming the top spot. Set in the Jim Crow South, this coming-of-age novel explores motherhood, chosen family, and identity. The full list features both acclaimed authors and standout debuts, spanning categories like fiction, biographies, history, mystery, and romantasy.
Claude Fable 5 from Anthropic now available on AWS
AWS announced the general availability of Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 on Amazon Bedrock and Claude Platform on AWS, bringing Mythos-level capabilities to all customers with strong safeguards for broader use. The model is built for ambitious, long-running work-handling complex coding and knowledge tasks for days without intervention while planning, self-verifying, and refining its output autonomously. Customers can access Claude Fable 5 through Amazon Bedrock's Runtime or new Mantle console, or via Claude Platform on AWS.
AWS announced the general availability of Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 on Amazon Bedrock and Claude Platform on AWS, bringing Mythos-level capabilities to all customers with strong safeguards for broader use. The model is built for ambitious, long-running work-handling complex coding and knowledge tasks for days without intervention while planning, self-verifying, and refining its output autonomously. Customers can access Claude Fable 5 through Amazon Bedrock's Runtime or new Mantle console, or via Claude Platform on AWS.
Trending news and stories
Amazon.com Inc. published this content on June 12, 2026, and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed via Public Technologies (PUBT), unedited and unaltered, on June 12, 2026 at 07:54 UTC. If you believe the information included in the content is inaccurate or outdated and requires editing or removal, please contact us at [email protected]