Amazon to Spend $50 Billion to Expand AI Services to US Agencies
An Amazon Web Services data center in Ashburn, Virginia.
Photographer: Lexi Critchett/BloombergAmazon.com Inc. says it will spend as much as $50 billion expanding its capacity to provide artificial intelligence and high-performance computing services to US government entities.
Amazon Web Services plans to break ground next year on what will ultimately be 1.3 gigawatts of additional capacity across data centers designed for federal agencies, the company said in a blog post on Monday.