Overview

• The expansion will fund AWS data centers in Richmond County to power advanced AI workloads and support Amazon’s generative AI offerings.
• Amazon expects at least 500 new high-skilled jobs, including data center engineers, network specialists and security technicians.
• The $10 billion outlay is part of a broader $100 billion capital expenditure plan this year, heavily weighted toward AI infrastructure.
• The company will back technician training programs and a $150,000 STEM grant fund to build local talent pipelines.
• Analysts caution that such large-scale investments by Big Tech risk concentrating AI innovation and sidelining smaller developers.