Amazon to Invest $200 Billion in 2026 to Expand AI Build-Out on AWS
Amazon plans a monumental $200 billion investment in 2026 to scale its AI infrastructure on Amazon Web Services, CEO Andy Jassy told investors. The move aims to accommodate what the company describes as “very high demand” for AI workloads running on AWS, underscoring AWS’s role as a backbone for contemporary AI deployment.
In its latest quarterly results, Amazon reported revenue of about $213.39 billion for the December quarter of 2025, with AWS contributing approximately $35.58 billion of that total. The Bloomberg report framing the plan notes that the investment is part of Amazon’s broader push into AI-enabled cloud services and tools, as detailed by Bloomberg writer Emma Roth.