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Exclusive: Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday announced for the first time its plans to build and deploy purpose-built artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing for the U.S. government.
AWS’ announcement includes a commitment to invest up to $50 billion to expand its services. AI and supercomputing Features available to the company’s customers within the federal government.
The investment is expected to begin in 2026 and will add approximately 1.3 gigawatts of AI and supercomputing capacity across AWS Top Secret, AWS Secret, and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions by building data centers with advanced computing and networking technologies.
“Our investments in government-purposed AI and cloud infrastructure will fundamentally change how federal agencies leverage supercomputing,” said AWS CEO Matt Garman. “We are giving government agencies expanded access to advanced AI capabilities that can accelerate critical missions from cybersecurity to drug discovery.”
AWS announced that it will invest up to $50 billion to strengthen AI and supercomputing capabilities for federal agencies. (Julian Stratenschulte/Picture Alliance)
Garman added, “This investment will remove technology barriers that have been holding back governments and further position the United States to lead in the AI era.”
Federal agencies will now have access to a comprehensive set of AWS services. AI serviceincludes Amazon SageMaker AI for model training and customization, Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic Claude, and Amazon Nova for model and agent deployment, as well as AWS Trainium AI chips and Nvidia AI infrastructure.
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AWS CEO Matt Garman said the initiative will help the U.S. government lead the way in AI supercomputing. (Getty Images)
AWS efforts are designed to accelerate discovery and decision-making across all sectors. government dutiesAI-powered simulations and modeling data allow government agencies to complete tasks in hours that previously took weeks or months.
For example, AWS says the investment will allow research teams to process decades of data. global security Collect data across hundreds of variables in real time and instantly turn pattern analysis into actionable insights.
He also said that AI and supercomputing have the potential to: defense and intelligence Although this workflow requires weeks of manual analysis, it can automatically detect threats and generate response plans by processing satellite imagery, sensor data, and historical patterns at an unprecedented scale.
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The White House’s AI Action Plan aims to strengthen the federal government’s advanced computing capabilities. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
The company said the investment will support: White House AI Action Planas well as other advanced computing initiatives deployed on secure US-based AI and cloud infrastructure.
Since AWS launched government cloud solutions more than a decade ago, we provide support to more than 11,000 government agencies.
In 2011, the company used AWS GovCloud (US West) to build its first infrastructure specifically for government security and compliance requirements.
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The company also created the first air-gapped commercial cloud certified to support classified workloads in 2014 and launched AWS Secret Regions in 2017, becoming the first cloud provider certified across all U.S. government data classifications (non-classified, classified, and top secret).
