Amazon announced on Monday that it plans to invest up to $50 billion to expand artificial intelligence and supercomputing capabilities for U.S. government clients using Amazon Web Services (AWS). This represents one of the largest cloud infrastructure commitments ever directed toward the public sector.
The project is scheduled to begin in 2026 and will add nearly 1.3 gigawatts of new AI and high-performance computing capacity. These upgrades will span AWS Top Secret, AWS Secret, and AWS GovCloud regions, with new data centers built using advanced compute and networking technologies.
AWS operates multiple cloud regions for federal use, structured around different levels of data sensitivity. The cloud platform currently supports more than 11,000 U.S. government agencies.
Major technology companies—including OpenAI, Alphabet, and Microsoft—are also investing heavily in AI infrastructure, driving a surge in demand for the computing resources required to power next-generation AI systems. To put AWS’ plan into perspective, one gigawatt of computing capacity is roughly equivalent to the power usage of about 750,000 U.S. homes.
AWS CEO Matt Garman said the investment aims to remove technological barriers that have slowed government adoption of advanced digital tools. Amazon did not provide a detailed timeline for the full expenditure.
Through this initiative, federal agencies will gain access to an expanded suite of AWS AI offerings. These include services such as Amazon SageMaker for model training and customization, Amazon Bedrock for deploying models and agents, and foundation models like Amazon Nova and Anthropic Claude.
The federal government aims to use these tools to build customized AI solutions and achieve significant cost efficiencies through AWS’ dedicated computing capacity.
This expansion also comes as the United States—and other nations such as China—work to accelerate AI development and secure leadership in the global technology landscape.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
