Amazon to invest $13B in Australian AI data center infrastructure

Amazon is investing over $13 billion in expanding AI and cloud infrastructure in Australia, including new solar farms and data centers nationwide.

Online retail and cloud computing giant Amazon plans to invest more than $13 billion in Australia’s artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure, the company announced on Saturday.

Amazon plans to invest 20 billion Australian dollars ($13.4 billion) by 2029 to expand Australia’s AI and cloud capabilities, marking the country’s largest publicly announced technology investment to date by a global company.

The investment will go toward expanding, operating and maintaining Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in the country.

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