Amazon Web Services (AWS) has provided cloud capabilities and expertise since launching in 2006. AWS says it offers broad cloud and AI capabilities, with services spanning compute, storage, databases, analytics, networking, machine learning and AI, security, and other categories.
AWS is part of Amazon, as stated on its official About AWS page; it operates under the AWS brand rather than as a separately described parent company.
The Financial Times reported on October 2 that Amazon is discussing moving roughly $8 billion of Nvidia Grace Blackwell chips into a special-purpose vehicle and leasing the equipment back. The vehicle would issue debt to outside investors; Amazon could offer investors up to a 10% equity stake without owning an interest itself. The chips are reportedly deployed across more than 12 U.S. data centers in five states. Discussions are continuing, terms could change and Amazon declined to comment.
Markets · Financial Times original reporting; Reuters relay · October 2, 2026
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