- AWS is meant to pause for future lease contract negotiations
- Microsoft has also cut an Ohio project of $ 1 billion
- AWS VP said the Genai -Question is still strong
Amazon Web Services (AWS) reportedly re -evaluates some negotiations on Colocation leasing, especially internationally, in the midst of lasting cost problems.
Although the company seems to be holding breaks some future discussions, it seems that Amazon will not support any signed appointments, with confirmed projects to continue.
However, it is definitely a sign of Times, with Microsoft also recently confirming that it would keep a $ 1 billion project for a data center campus in Ohio.
AWS pauses also some data center plans
Kevin Miller, AWS VP for global data centers, confirmed in a LinkedIn post that the change was not a sign of reduced interest in artificial intelligence, but rather a shift in focus in the midst of rising costs.
“First of all, we still see a strong demand for both generative AI and basic workload on AWS,” Miller explained. “This is routine capacity management and there have been no recent fundamental changes in our expansion plans.”
Billions have been knocked out of the stock market in recent weeks, with Trump’s tariffs that play a major role in economic fluctuations.
Companies like Amazon and Microsoft have had to reassess their strategies, especially abroad, where currency conversions may no longer be so favorable, but it seems that plans are just being put to wait until economies become more stable rather than being scraped completely.
In the case of AWS, changes in its Colocation strategy do not reflect the full story because the company may also change more intended internally-more of a shift than a total reduction.
Miller’s LinkedIn -Feed is full of joint messages that repeat the company’s obligation to expand its data center operations globally. the launch of a new AWS region in Asia and the Pacific (Thailand); An investment of $ 11 billion in Georgia and $ 10 billion in funding for Ohio infrastructure.
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