To do this, we’ve contracted 82 megawatts (MW) of energy from a new 120 MW solar farm in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, which is expected to generate 172,500 megawatt hours (MWh) of renewable energy annually once operational later this year. Multimodal pathways will connect throughout the site to prioritize access by foot and bike. PenPlace will provide more than 100,000 square feet of retail space for dining, shopping, and a childcare facility. And finally, our architecture, design, sustainability, and transportation teams have engaged with the local community and partnered with Arlington County to continue improving the design of PenPlace, the next phase of our development. Our construction partners have put in more than 2 million hours of work and recently celebrated finishing the top floor-the “topping out”-of Met Park, the first phase of HQ2. Our hard-working recruiting teams have crossed an important hiring milestone, with more than 5,000 employees now assigned to our second headquarters. We’ve continued to engage with local organizations and now work with over 100 nonprofits, civic groups, and small businesses, providing in-kind support and charitable donations. Since then, we’ve made some significant progress in our commitment to be a trusted business and community partner. We announced in late 2018 that Arlington, Virginia, would be home to Amazon’s second headquarters (HQ2) and that we would bring more than 25,000 jobs to the region.

With the County Board’s approval, we look forward to continuing our work with the community as we take the next steps on this journey to build an integrated, innovative, and sustainable second headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. We’d like to thank our Arlington neighbors and the County Board for their partnership and feedback through the years-long process of designing PenPlace, a project we believe will benefit the entire region.

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