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.

Verizon Business today announced a new Verizon AI Connect deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide the resilient high-capacity, low-latency network infrastructure essential for the next wave of artificial intelligence (AI) innovation.

AWS outage reports spiked again for the cloud service yesterday (October 29) after a mass outage last week. But this time, AWS was quick to dispute these reports with us.

“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.”

Thousands of SleepTech Inc.’s Rejuvenate Smart Beds, each priced at $2,000, began overheating uncontrollably across the United States on October 15, 2023. This was due to a disruption in their cloud-dependent temperature controls caused by an Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage.

The AWS partnership is OpenAI's first major cloud computing deal since striking a new agreement with Microsoft that gave it more flexibility.

OpenAI's $38 billion switch to Amazon Web Services after its restructure reshapes the AI landscape, sparking industry tension and global anticipation.

Cipher Mining’s stock climbed up over 19% in early trading after the Bitcoin miner announced a $5.5 billion lease agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), extending the rally that has made the Nasdaq-listed company one of the biggest beneficiaries of Wall Street’s growing appetite for AI-linked exposure.