Amazon Commits $50 Bn to Boost AI & Supercomputing for U.S. Federal Agencies

Amazon has announced a landmark investment of up to $50 billion to expand artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure tailored for U.S. federal agencies.

The company, through its Amazon Web Services (AWS) unit, plans to begin construction in 2026 on data centres spanning its Top Secret, Secret, and GovCloud regions.

The investment will add nearly 1.3 gigawatts of compute capacity using advanced networking and compute technologies. Federal agencies will gain access to a broad suite of AI services, including Amazon SageMaker for model training, Amazon Bedrock for deploying agents, Amazon Nova, Anthropic Claude, and AWS Trainium chips alongside NVIDIA AI infrastructure.

“Our investment in purpose-built government AI and cloud infrastructure will fundamentally transform how federal agencies leverage supercomputing. … This investment removes the technology barriers that have held government back … and further positions America to lead in the AI era,” AWS Chief Executive Matt Garman said.

Amazon says the upgraded infrastructure will help agencies accelerate discovery and decision-making on critical missions — from national security to healthcare research — by integrating AI with simulation, modeling, and real-time data analysis.