OpenAI teams up with Amazon for AI computing
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OpenAI signed a $38 billion deal with Amazon Web Services, diversifying its cloud computing resources beyond Microsoft with access to hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs through 2026. The seven-year agreement provides OpenAI with Amazon EC2 UltraServers featuring Nvidia
“AWS is growing at a pace we haven’t seen since 2022, re-accelerating to 20.2% YoY,” Andy Jassy, the president and CEO of Amazon, said in the company’s earnings announcement. “We continue to see strong demand in AI and core infrastructure, and we’ve been focused on accelerating capacity — adding more than 3.8 gigawatts in the past 12 months.”
Verizon announced a deal with Amazon Web Services on Monday to build high-capacity fiber routes connecting AWS data centers, aiming to strengthen infrastructure for the next generation of artificial intelligence applications.