Vibhu Kaushik

Head of Worldwide Energy, Amazon Web Services

Vibhu Kaushik is Head of Worldwide Energy at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he leads global energy procurement and innovation efforts. Vibhu is a senior leader in energy and sustainability, and has over two decades of experience across the global energy and utilities sector. Prior to joining AWS, Vibhu served as Senior Vice President (SVP), Global Head of Energy, Utilities, and Storage at Prologis, the world’s largest owner and operator of logistics real estate, with over 1.2 billion sq. ft. across 19 countries. At Prologis, he led a global team across the Americas, Europe, and Asia to deploy clean energy solutions, spearheading the strategy and roadmap to achieve 1 GW of rooftop solar on Prologis buildings by 2025. His efforts also advanced zero-emission logistics, the conversion of warehouses to data centers, and the transformation of the distributed energy landscape in collaboration with electric utilities. Before joining Prologis, Vibhu spent over 16 years working for electric utilities in the U.S. and Canada. He worked at Southern California Edison (SCE) for 11 years, holding multiple leadership roles across energy procurement, power generation, asset management, grid technology & modernization, transmission & distribution strategy, and inspections. Vibhu originated and led SCE’s hybrid (battery + gas) enhanced gas turbine projects, which received multiple prestigious awards, including EEI’s Edison Award, the ESNA Innovation Award, PowerGen Project of the Year, and the SCAQMD Clean Air Technology Award. He was recognized by Public Utilities Fortnightly magazine as one of its “Top Forty Innovators” in 2017. In 2019, he led SCE’s Tier I, Gold Prize-winning submission to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Inaugural Electricity Industry Technology and Practices Innovation Challenge, which sought innovative solutions to strengthen and modernize the nation’s electric grid. Before joining SCE in 2011, Vibhu began his utility career at Manitoba Hydro in Canada, where he held various technical and leadership roles in power supply and transmission system operations from 2006 to 2011. At Manitoba Hydro, he led power generation optimization functions and managed participation in Midcontinent ISO (MISO) day-ahead and real-time markets. He also represented Manitoba Hydro in MISO’s Contingency Reserves Sharing Group Committee. Vibhu holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Manitoba, Canada, and an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) – Anderson School of Management. He is also a registered professional engineer.