Amazon (AMZN) will invest $50 billion to grow its AI offerings for the US government, the company said on Monday. The investment will include nearly 1.3 gigawatts of new data center capacity for Amazon’s AWS Top Secret, AWS Secret, and AWS GovCloud services.
Amazon stock rose more than 1% on the news.
Amazon said its latest announcement will give federal agencies access to the company’s Amazon SafeMaker AI for model training, Amazon Bedrock for AI agent deployment, Amazon Nova, Anthropic’s (ANTH.PVT) Claude, Amazon’s Tranium AI chips, and Nvidia’s (NVDA) AI infrastructure.
All of that will enable the government to utilize AI tools that Amazon said help with simulation and data modeling, faster global security data processing, and improved supply chain information. The company said the arrangement will also help with defense strategies by processing satellite imagery and sensor data to detect threats and create response plans.
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