AI-fueled copper rush spurs Amazon to buy direct from US mine
Commodities
First new American output in years facilitated by tech from Rio Tinto venture
Copper that has been extracted and shaped into smaller disks. (Photo by Kosuke Shimizu)
TUCSON, Arizona — As American tech companies scramble to secure copper for data centers amid the artificial intelligence boom, Amazon.com is going right to the source, taking the unusual step of buying directly from a mine in the southwestern U.S.
