Amazon is testing Tesla’s new energy storage batteries in California

Amazon Web Services, the largest public cloud around, has started a pilot of the new stackable battery units Tesla unveiled today, under the new Tesla Energy brand.

“We’re excited to roll out a 4.8 megawatt hour pilot of Tesla’s energy storage batteries in our US West (Northern California) Region,” James Hamilton, distinguished engineer at AWS, said in a statement in press materials for today’s product launch. “This complements our strategy to use renewable energy to power our global infrastructure.”