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Amazon is in talks to acquire AI startup Decart in ​a deal valued at around $7 billion, ‌the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Amazon’s cloud computing division said on Friday it would invest more than $1 billion over the next five ​years in US communities where it has data centers and ‌vowed to tackle their impacts on electricity and water usage.

US e-commerce retailer Amazon will invest $3 billion to expand ​its India quick commerce business by 2030, two sources said, its biggest bet yet on a sector where rivals have raced ahead by ‌popularising deliveries within minutes.

Ένα από τα μεγαλύτερα deals που έχουν γίνει ποτέ στην Ελλάδα στον χώρο των ψηφιακών και ενεργειακών υποδομών “κλείδωσε” με τη συμφωνία της ΔΕΗ με την Amazon Web Services (AWS) για τη δημιουργία giga data center στη Δυτική Μακεδονία. 

U.S. power equipment maker Generac has signed a long-term agreement ​to supply backup generators for Amazon ‌data centers, with initial deliveries expected to total about $2.4 billion in 2027 ​and 2028, a regulatory filing ​showed on Wednesday.

Qualcomm said on Tuesday Amazon ‌could buy up to $60 billion of its AI data-center chips and related products under a long-term partnership, bolstering the chipmaker’s effort to become a major supplier of AI infrastructure.

Amazon hired banks on Tuesday for its first ever sterling bond ​sale, according to a memo seen by Reuters, ‌as hyperscalers rush to raise funding across currencies to finance the AI boom.

Amazon and Nvidia just got a lot closer. The two companies announced Wednesday an expanded partnership that includes a deal to add another 2 million Nvidia GPU chips to Amazon’s data centers.

Amazon said Wednesday it plans to offer drone deliveries in nearly 500 U.S. cities and towns by the end of the year, a sign of momentum for a project that’s been slow to develop since founder Jeff Bezos first laid out his vision for the service almost 13 years ago.

Amazon’s cloud segment grew faster than analysts had predicted in the second quarter, with revenue increasing almost 37%, marking the strongest expansion since 2021.

Paramount Skydance’s planned $81 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery cleared a major regulatory hurdle Friday, giving investors one less reason to worry about the deal—one of the biggest of its kind in years. But it doesn’t remove all the risk.

Amazon is paying Corning billions of dollars for optical fiber to power and connect its rapidly expanding U.S. data centers, the latest megadeal featuring two companies at the center of the artificial intelligence boom.

Amazon on Thursday unveiled an upgraded ‌AI-powered mobile robot for its warehouses that can respond to conversational prompts, as part of a €10 billion ($11.6 billion) investment in its European fulfilment network.

Amazon said Wednesday that its cloud division has landed a $6 billion spending commitment from Snowflake, which includes the use of the company’s custom silicon and chips for artificial intelligence.

Amazon Web Services recorded 28% revenue growth in the first quarter, beating analysts’ estimates, as the cloud infrastructure leader boosted its investment in Anthropic and prepared to work more closely with OpenAI.

Meta Platforms (META) said Friday that it will use Amazon (AMZN) chips to power some of its artificial-intelligence computing needs. The deal looks like validation of Amazon’s in-house chip plan.

Amazon agreed to acquire satellite operator Globalstar in a deal that would boost the tech giant’s efforts to build its own satellite operation.

Amazon.com (AMZN) said on Thursday its cloud business’s AI revenue run rate was more than $15 billion in the ​first quarter of 2026, the company’s first disclosure of ‌direct financial returns from its artificial intelligence efforts.

Amazon (AMZN) is reportedly in negotiations to acquire satellite company Globalstar (GSAT). But Apple (AAPL) might pose an obstacle to a purchase that would boost the e-commerce company’s push into space.

OpenAI has raised $122 billion ahead of its planned initial public offering. The ChatGPT developer got its biggest backing from Amazon.com (AMZN) as it looks to lessen its dependence on Microsoft (MSFT).