OpenAI Signs Major Deal With AWS
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In a landmark move set to reshape the landscape of cloud computing and artificial intelligence, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and
Verizon announced a deal with Amazon Web Services on Monday to build high-capacity fiber routes connecting AWS data centers, aiming to strengthen infrastructure for the next generation of artificial intelligence applications.
On Monday, Amazon announced a partnership that will allow OpenAI to use the company’s cloud computing services to run AI systems for products like the popular ChatGPT. OpenAI is paying $38 billion to access Amazon Web Services (AWS) servers and “hundreds of thousands of state-of-the-art NVIDIA GPUs.”
Andy Jassy explains Amazon’s 14,000 layoffs, buying Nvidia chips, upcoming Trainium3 AI chips, AWS capacity and sales growth, and its Bedrock AI agent platform.
Were you affected by Monday’s AWS outage? Amazon Web Services, Amazon’s cloud computing service, went down for over 12 hours, and took a big chunk of the Internet with it. “The incident highlights the complexity and fragility of the internet,
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AWS Outage That Took Down Internet Came After Amazon Fired Tons of Workers in Favor of AI
When Amazon Web Services suffered an outage on Monday morning, it practically took down the internet with it. There went all of Amazon’s services, from its shopping hub to its Ring doorbell cameras. ChatGPT went quiet. “Smart” mattresses became unsleepable. Video games like Fortnite blinked out, as did platforms like Snapchat and banking apps.
Verizon Business has added Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its latest partner for its Verizon AI Connect product, which aims to deploy AI workloads at scale. As part of the deal, Verizon will build new, long-haul, high-capacity fiber pathways to connect AWS data center locations.
Here’s hoow AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud fared during the third-quarter 2025 in terms of cloud revenue, cloud sales growth, operating income and parent company revenue.
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Cipher Mining’s stock jumped by 19% after announcing a $5.5 billion, 15-year data center lease deal with AWS for AI workloads
Cipher Mining’s stock climbed up over 19% in early trading after the Bitcoin miner announced a $5.5 billion lease agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), extending the rally that has made the Nasdaq-listed company one of the biggest beneficiaries of Wall Street’s growing appetite for AI-linked exposure.
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