AWS

5 stories · July 2026 to August 2026 · Big Tech, AI

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Covered since: July 15, 2026
Latest: August 31, 2026

August 2026 · 3

Microsoft and AWS preview Azure Multicloud Interconnect at 1 Gbps, with 100 Gbps planned

The rivals' preview swaps custom cross-cloud networking for a managed private link, starting at 1 Gbps in four regions, with up to 100 Gbps promised at general availability.

29 days ago

Building 92 on Microsoft's headquarters campus in Redmond, Washington

AIDeal

AWS Nvidia deal plans 2 million more GPUs for 2027-2028 and U.S. government AI factories

The companies said demand beat AWS's earlier 1 million-GPU plan. They also plan 100,000 GPUs for classified U.S. government work and are working to bring Vera CPUs to AWS.

34 days ago

Part of AWS's us-west-2 availability zone, showing three datacenters with a fourth under construction

Big TechDeal

Oracle AI Database@AWS reaches 22 regions as Oracle and AWS expand long-term agreement

A pay-per-use Exadata option and an expanded Oracle-AWS commitment change the cost math of moving Oracle database estates onto AWS.

47 days ago

Picture of the Oracle Riverside Campus in Austin, Texas in 2018.

July 2026 · 2

Big TechEarnings

Amazon Q2 2026 earnings: AWS grows 37%, sales hit $200.6B, Anthropic gain lifts profit

AWS posted its fastest growth in 18 quarters and a $53.4 billion non-operating gain, mostly from Anthropic, swelled profit, while AI infrastructure spending turned trailing free cash flow negative.

61 days ago

Part of AWS's us-west-2 availability zone, showing three datacenters

Big TechPeople

AWS compute chief Dave Brown exits after nearly 19 years; Dave Treadwell takes over

Amazon moved its retail technology chief into the AWS job overseeing EC2 and machine learning services, replacing a veteran of nearly 19 years as AI demand climbs.

76 days ago

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