AWS Invests $11B In Georgia To ‘Support The Future Of AI’ Via Data Centers

AWS is continuing to pour tens of billions of dollars into new data center infrastructure across America by unveiling its plan to invest $11 billion in Georgia to drive cloud and AI innovation in the U.S.

Amazon Web Services is investing $11 billion in new data center infrastructure in Georgia to boost its cloud computing and AI technologies.

The AWS announcement comes just one day after President-elect Donald Trump said that Emirati real estate mogul Hussain Sajwani will invest $20 billion to build data centers in the U.S. South and Midwest aimed at serving the needs of hyperscale organizations, such as Amazon. Just last month, AWS unveiled plans to invest $10 billion in new data centers in Ohio.

Roger Wehner, AWS’ vice president of economic development, said the $11 billion investment into Georgia will drive “significant economic growth for the state” thanks to local leaders who have cultivated an environment that enables “AWS to make bold, forward-looking investments.”

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“AWS’ ongoing infrastructure investments across the United States demonstrate our relentless commitment to powering our customers' digital innovation through cloud and AI technologies,” said Wehner in a statement.

AWS’ Plan For Georgia

The $110 billion Seattle-based cloud and AI superstar is pouring billions of dollars each year into expanding its data center footprint, which powers AWS services and solutions across the globe.

AWS said generative AI is driving increased demand for advanced cloud infrastructure and compute power, and “AWS’ investments will support the future of AI from data centers in Georgia.”

“This deployment of cutting-edge AI infrastructure will strengthen Georgia’s position as an innovation hub,” AWS said.

AWS said its $11 billion investment in IT infrastructure for its data centers will create at least 550 jobs, including direct AWS employment in technical roles like data center engineers, network specialists, engineering operations managers and security specialists.

Trump Touts New $20B Data Center Investment In U.S.

Amazon’s new investment in Georgia comes just one day after Trump said Sajwani—founder of real estate development firm DAMAC Properties—will invest $20 billion “over a very short period of time” to build data centers in the U.S. The first phase of the project will take place in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana.

“I’m thrilled to announced that DAMAC will be investing at least $20 billion over a very short period of time into the United States, and they may go double or even somewhat more than double that amount of money,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday.

DAMAC is an Emirates-based development company operating in more than 20 countries around the world.

“At the moment we’re planning $20 billion in data center catering for the AI and cloud business for the hyperscalers,” said Sajwani this week.

Hyperscaler companies include Amazon, Google and Microsoft.

AWS Opens New Thailand Data Center

On Wednesday, AWS also unveiled that as part of its $5 billion investment in Thailand, it has officially launched a new data center infrastructure region in the country.

The new AWS Asia-Pacific (Thailand) Region will allow customers to run applications and serve end users from data centers located within the country.

AWS initially unveiled its $5 billion investment in Thailand in October 2022.

The new region will provide lower latency for users in Thailand and across Asia-Pacific and offer customers access to a range of AWS services, including AI, analytics, compute, database and machine learning.