Overview

• Amazon will deploy AU$20 billion from 2025 to 2029 to expand, operate and maintain new data centers in Sydney and Melbourne.
• Three solar farms in Victoria and Queensland will supply over 170 MW of clean energy to power the enlarged cloud network.
• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hailed the funding as a catalyst for job creation and productivity gains across the economy.
• AWS has trained more than 400,000 Australians since 2017 through programs such as AWS AI Spring Australia and the Generative AI Accelerator.
• The move represents Amazon’s largest technology commitment in Australia and underlines its global push to support surging generative AI workloads.