Amazon to invest up to $50B to expand AI infrastructure for U.S. government

Amazon announced an investment of up to $50B to expand AI and supercomputing capabilities for Amazon Web Services U.S. government customers. “This investment, set to break ground in 2026, will add nearly 1.3 gigawatts of AI and supercomputing capacity across AWS Top Secret, AWS Secret, and AWS GovCloud Regions by building data centers with advanced compute and networking technologies. Federal agencies will gain access to AWS’s comprehensive AI services, including Amazon SageMaker AI for model training and customization, Amazon Bedrock for model and agent deployment, Amazon Nova, Anthropic Claude, and leading open-weights foundation models, and AWS Trainium AI chips, as well as NVIDIA AI infrastructure, equipping agencies to develop custom AI solutions, optimize massive datasets, and enhance workforce productivity. These new capabilities will be available to existing and future U.S. government customers across AWS Top Secret, AWS Secret, and GovCloud Regions, strengthening America’s AI leadership and giving federal agencies the secure, scalable infrastructure they need for the next era of innovation,” the company stated. AWS CEO Matt Garman added: “Our investment in purpose-built government AI and cloud infrastructure will fundamentally transform how federal agencies leverage supercomputing. We’re giving agencies expanded access to advanced AI capabilities that will enable them to accelerate critical missions from cybersecurity to drug discovery. This investment removes the technology barriers that have held government back and further positions America to lead in the AI era.”