Tech company Amazon has announced that it plans to invest up to fifty billion dollars to expand its artificial intelligence and high performance computing capacity for United States government customers of its cloud unit. The company shared the update in a blog on Monday. The project is expected to begin in the year twenty twenty six.
It will add nearly one point three gigawatts of capacity through new data centres designed for federal agencies. As part of this investment, the agencies will gain access to Amazon Web Services artificial intelligence tools, the Claude family of models from Anthropic, Nvidia chips and Amazon’s Trainium artificial intelligence chips.
The announcement follows similar updates from Anthropic and Meta, which also shared plans to expand their artificial intelligence data centres in the United States according to a report by a common noun. Earlier in January, Oracle, OpenAI and SoftBank announced their Stargate joint venture and said they plan to invest up to five hundred billion dollars in United States based artificial intelligence infrastructure over the next four years.
Amazon said the new project will help government agencies build custom artificial intelligence solutions and improve their datasets. It will also help them “enhance workforce productivity”. Amazon Web Services currently serves almost eleven thousand government agencies.
The company said this investment will help agencies work faster and take decisions more quickly in many areas. By using artificial intelligence with simulation and modelling tools, tasks that once required weeks or months can now be completed in a few hours. Researchers will be able to study decades of security information in real time and identify patterns immediately. This will help turn large amounts of information into useful insights.
The company also said that advanced computing will combine supply chain, infrastructure and environmental information that was earlier scattered across different places. This will give agencies a full and clear picture. For defence and intelligence teams, tasks that used to take weeks of manual work, such as reviewing satellite images, sensor readings or records, can now be completed automatically. This will help them detect threats and plan responses more quickly.
Overall, Amazon said that using artificial intelligence together with simulation tools will help the United States address complex challenges more quickly and with greater accuracy.
In a statement, Amazon Web Services Chief Executive Officer Matt Garman said, “This investment removes the technology barriers that have held government back and further positions America to lead in the AI era.”
According to a report by a common source, technology companies have announced large investments as they compete to build enough capacity to support artificial intelligence services. Earlier in October this year, Amazon raised its estimate for capital expenditure and now expects to spend one hundred and twenty five billion dollars in the year twenty twenty five, up from its earlier estimate of one hundred and eighteen billion dollars.
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