As a massive enterprise with numerous segments, Amazon (AMZN +0.44%) provides investors with a lot of facts and figures they can use in the research process. But during the most recent quarter, one number stood out. Here’s one stat that makes this Magnificent Seven stock hard to ignore right now.
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As of June 30, which was the end of the company’s second quarter, Amazon Web Services (AWS) reported a massive customer backlog of $496 billion. This figure represented a notable increase from $364 billion just three months before. And it was up a triple-digit percentage from 12 months earlier.
This single metric reveals why Amazon’s capital expenditures, like those of other hyperscalers, are ballooning. They are expected to total $220 billion this year. The dominant cloud computing platform is seeing incredible demand, boosted by interest in artificial intelligence (AI).
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