{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","contentId":"00000188-5008-dd53-abbe-7d5997a80001","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-series-data-centered-eastern-oregon","headline":"Watch: AWS series shows what it’s like having data centers in your community","description":"AWS docuseries shares stories of local people in eastern Oregon whose lives are being changed for the better by the cloud—in unexpected ways.","datePublished":"2023-05-31T13:00:00Z","dateModified":"2023-07-10T13:14:44.036Z","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kirsteen Rodger, Head of Owned Content, AWS Communications","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/author/kirsteen-rodger","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/ffc1876/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2813x2813+52+0/resize/84x84!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F68%2F77%2F1ea06f284cbea645e54bdbd0419f%2Fkirsteenrodger-inline-amazonnews-61226.jpg","width":"84","height":"84"}}],"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/5d9ce95/2147483647/strip/true/crop/480x240+0+60/resize/1200x600!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FzPD0RSgPhmM%2Fhqdefault.jpg","width":"1200","height":"600"},"articleBody":"# Watch: AWS series shows what it’s like having data centers in your community\n\n*AWS docuseries shares stories of local people in eastern Oregon whose lives are being changed for the better by the cloud—in unexpected ways.*\n\nFourth grade friends and small business owners, rodeo athletes, singer-songwriters, robotics whiz kids, star bakers, and inspirational teachers. They are all part of this tightknit community in eastern Oregon, and they are all connected to AWS.\n\n![A photo of a mother and her son sitting at a desk looking at a laptop device.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/c91d300/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Ff1%2F6f%2F71e389534bacb110a8b9a95f43bb%2Ffarm-city-fence-2.jpg)\n\n*Data Centered: Eastern Oregon* is a five-part mini-documentary series looking at the real-life impact of the [more than $15 billion investment AWS has made in the local community](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/committed-to-our-communities-the-economic-impact-of-awss-15-6-billion-investment-in-oregon), and how the company supports jobs, generates economic growth, provides skills training and education, and unlocks opportunities for local businesses an suppliers.\n\n![A data center technician pushing a cart inside an Amazon data center.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/d8e976f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+0+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Ff4%2F57%2Fa5992fee41b9ba5bf047bd259c13%2Faws-data-center-interior-2.png)\n\n- [How Amazon helps data center communities thrive](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/amazon-data-center-investment-community-impact)\n\nThe series follows [Alma Nuñez Lezama as she prepares her custom designed cookies for an AWS event](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-xocolatl-bakery-eastern-oregon); fencing contractors Shawn Eng and Ted Brittner as they [strengthen the foundation for a business they hope to pass to the next generation](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/watch-how-a-pro-rodeo-rider-and-aws-team-up-to-keep-eastern-orgeons-data-centers-secure); [AWS data center employees](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-data-center-inside) Dallin Puzey, Fidel Contreras, and Tasha Engum who are excelling in their careers, without having previous tech experience; community college teacher Pete Hernberg and his latest class of [data center technicians in training](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-helped-me-learn-how-to-build-a-computer-from-scratch-heres-how-you-can-do-the-same); and the award-winning [Umatilla High School robotics team](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/a-small-eastern-oregon-high-school-is-investing-big-in-robotics-with-help-from-aws) as they gear up for another year of competition.\n\n![A photo of a baker standing next who her child who is holding a box that he is folding to place cookies in.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/25a6abd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F2c%2F09%2F4171184843579c0bc76bad0d1b3c%2Faws-story-1-3.jpg)\nAlma Nuñez Lezama, owner of [Xocolatl Bakery](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-xocolatl-bakery-eastern-oregon), and her son Alberto.\n\n![A photo of two people inspecting barbed wire in a workshop.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/47ad220/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1320x743+0+0/resize/767x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fa8%2F46%2F837accd7401e9b5d0ab81f514171%2Fbcj-2370a.jpg)\nShawn Eng, CEO, and Chandra \"Sammy\" Eng, CFO, of [Farm City Fence](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/watch-how-a-pro-rodeo-rider-and-aws-team-up-to-keep-eastern-orgeons-data-centers-secure).\n\n![A teacher and a teacher observing a computer that is open and laid on a desk top.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/a1c58aa/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F53%2F43%2F9fba3e1046d895339fe6f7f35d09%2Faws-story-1.jpg)\nA student and teacher Pete Hernberg. With AWS, Hernberg created the [Data Center Technician Training Program](https://www.bluecc.edu/academics/programs/data-center-technician), which [prepares local people with no previous tech experience for careers in the cloud](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-helped-me-learn-how-to-build-a-computer-from-scratch-heres-how-you-can-do-the-same).\n\n![A photo of two students carrying a robot in a classroom.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/37ff4c3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5808x3864+0+0/resize/767x510!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F9c%2F56%2F8da2fa2148f69761424c05f62cab%2Fbcj-1407b.jpg)\nMembers of the [Umatilla High School robotics team](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/a-small-eastern-oregon-high-school-is-investing-big-in-robotics-with-help-from-aws).\n\nTogether with their family and friends, they share their stories, their passion for their hometowns, and their hopes and dreams for the future.\n\nWatch more of [*Data Centered: Eastern Oregon*](https://youtu.be/zPD0RSgPhmM)*:*\n\n- [I run a small bakery in Oregon. Here’s how AWS and tech help my custom cookie business.](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-xocolatl-bakery-eastern-oregon) \n- [How a pro rodeo rider and AWS team up to keep eastern Orgeon's data centers secure](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/watch-how-a-pro-rodeo-rider-and-aws-team-up-to-keep-eastern-orgeons-data-centers-secure)\n- [AWS helped me learn how to build a computer from scratch. Here's how you can do the same.](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-helped-me-learn-how-to-build-a-computer-from-scratch-heres-how-you-can-do-the-same)\n- [A small eastern Oregon high school is investing big in robotics with help from AWS](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/a-small-eastern-oregon-high-school-is-investing-big-in-robotics-with-help-from-aws)\n- [An AWS technician gives us a tour of a data center in eastern Oregon—see what it's like inside](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-data-center-inside)\n\nLearn more about [Amazon's investments in eastern Oregon](https://www.aboutamazon.com/aws-impact-in-communities).","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"About Amazon","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com","sameAs":["https://x.com/amazonnews","https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon","https://www.instagram.com/amazonnews"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/bd/8f/88e7b0314cc2bd05b9de3155a0fe/amazon-news.svg"},"parentOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Amazon","url":"https://www.amazon.com","sameAs":["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)","https://x.com/Amazon"]}}}