The yieldco did not release terms of the agreement.

Project owner Pattern Development expects to begin construction in April, with the project reaching commercial operation in late 2015 or early 2016.

The wind farm will generate 500,000 MWh annually, equivalent to electricity used by 46,000 US homes.

"Amazon Web Services Wind Farm brings a new source of clean energy to the electric grid where we currently operate a large number of datacenters and have ongoing expansion plans to support our growing customer base," says Jerry Hunter, vice president of Infrastructure at Amazon Web Services.

"This