Amazon has announced plans to spend nearly $50 billion in an attempt to improve its artificial intelligence capabilities, as well as its computing units. 

This investment plans to take effect in 2026. With this, it will bring around 1.3 gigawatts to the online inventory through data centers, adding much more storage. 

This move follows a wave of other companies investing more into their AI infrastructure and services. Those companies include Meta and Anthropic. 

AI websites, such as OpenAI, Oracle, and Softbank, aim to raise over $500 billion for investing in AI infrastructure in the U.S. for around the next four years. These investments plan to increase storage in the company servers, as well as upgrade the infrastructure for their AI components.

WJPS 12th grader Joseph Weir said, “AI has grown at a fast rate over the past three years. Seeing how all these companies are investing in AI shows that it will play a major part in our lives in the future.”

WJPS teacher Ms. Mills said, “I’m conflicted about this topic. I think AI has more cons than pros, especially in a school setting. But Amazon doesn’t see the downside in it.”