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Stocks· August 19, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Will AWS’s AI Surge and $220 Billion Capex Plan Change Amazon.com’s (AMZN) Narrative
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Onur Erkan YıldızFounder, Financial Engineer · CMB-licensed
Higher education in Financial Engineering and Money & Capital Markets. SPK (Turkey CMB) licence. 16 years across institutional markets, research, and quant-driven analytics.
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In recent days, Amazon reported a past quarter in which AWS delivered its fastest growth in over four years, AI-related services inside AWS surpassed a US$25.00 billion annual revenue run rate, and management outlined around US$220.00 billion of 2026 capital spending focused on AI data centers and supporting infrastructure. These updates suggest AWS’s profitability and scale are becoming even more central to Amazon’s overall business mix, while massive AI-driven capex commitments are...
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