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AWS Pledges Up to $50 Billion for First Purpose-Built U.S. Government AI Supercomputing Network

Set to break ground in 2026, the buildout extends classified AWS regions to deliver advanced AI tools for federal missions, aligning with the White House AI Action Plan.

Overview

  • Amazon says the project will add nearly 1.3 gigawatts of secure AI and high‑performance computing across AWS Top Secret, Secret and GovCloud regions.
  • AWS describes the effort as the first purpose‑built AI/HPC infrastructure designed specifically for U.S. government workloads.
  • Federal agencies will gain access to Amazon SageMaker, Bedrock, Amazon Nova, Anthropic Claude, AWS Trainium chips and NVIDIA AI infrastructure.
  • Construction is slated to start in 2026, and Amazon did not disclose how the up‑to‑$50 billion spend will be phased over time.
  • Separate from the federal program, Amazon also announced a $15 billion Indiana data‑center expansion adding 2.4 gigawatts for commercial capacity.