Amazon plans to invest up to $50 billion to expand AI and advanced computing infrastructure for U.S. government agencies, the company announced Monday.
The investment, set to break ground in 2026, will add nearly 1.3 gigawatts of data center capacity to the Amazon Web Services regions Top Secret, AWS Secret, and AWS GovCloud (US) — locations specifically designed for classified and sensitive workloads.
Amazon said federal agencies will gain access to AI tools such as Amazon SageMaker for custom model training and Amazon Bedrock for deploying AI models and building agents. The centers will be equipped with AWS’s own Trainium AI chips and NVIDIA hardware.
The intent is to accelerate discovery and decision-making across government missions, which could mean faster modeling for scientific research, quicker threat analysis for intelligence agencies, or more accurate forecasting for disaster response and climate modeling, according to Amazon.
“Our investment in purpose-built government AI and cloud infrastructure will fundamentally transform how federal agencies leverage supercomputing,” AWS CEO Matt Garman said in a statement. “This investment removes the technology barriers that have held government back and further positions America to lead in the AI era.”
Amazon first launched government-specific cloud infrastructure in 2011. Today the company says it supports more than 11,000 government agencies.
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