Online retail and cloud computing Amazon plans to invest more than $ 13 billion in the artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure, the company announced on Saturday.
Amazon plans to invest in Australia’s 20 billion dollars ($ 13.4 billion) by 2029 to Expand AI and Australian’s capabilities, which have marked the largest announced public in investment technology to the present of a global company.
The investment will go to the expansion, operation and maintenance of Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in the country.
“This is the biggest investment our country has seen from a global technology provider, and an exciting opportunity for Australia to build AI’s capabilities using safe, resilient infrastructure,” said Anthony Albanese, Australia’s Prime Minister, addition:
“Investment will develop economic opportunities for Australians, including experienced jobs and infrastructure that can support complex AI and supercomputing applications.”
Part of $ 13 billion will be used to produce three newly changed solar farms in Victoria and Queensland, which brings Amazon’s total change projects to the country at 11.
The solar farm is expected to produce nearly 1.4 million megawatt energy hours without carbon each year, almost the power of the 290,000 homes of Australia.
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Amazon first attended the Australian market in 2012 with the opening of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Asia Pacific in Sydney. In July 2024, the Australian government cooperated with the AWS to launch a “leading secret” cloud of AWS for national security and defense purposes.
On June 11, Amazon cooperated Talen Energy to buy nuclear energy to empower AWS servers and AI data centers in Pennsylvania until 2042.
Collaboration came two days after Amazon announced plans To invest $ 20 billion in its AI infrastructure in Pennsylvania, as more tech firms have pivoting towards the development of AI capabilities.
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AI, Automation to add $ 400 billion to Australia’s GDP by 2030
The ongoing investment in AI’s services and automation stands to strengthen the Australian economy.
AI and Automation -related Development are expected to contribute According to In the Department of Industry, Science and Government Resources.
Amazon invested More than $ 312 million in Australian’s changeable energy projects from 2020 to 2022.
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