- Amazon to invest $ 20 billion in Australian in Australia by 2029
- The new data centers in Sydney and Melbourne are part of the plan
- Three new solar farms are also crucial for investment
Amazon has confirmed its intention to invest $ 20 billion in Australian in Australia between 2025 and 2029, with an enlarged data center infrastructure in Sydney and Melbourne representing a large part of the upcoming plans.
The company claims that this commitment of several billion dollars is the “largest global technological investment announced publicly in Australia”.
In its announcement, Amazon declared its support for the “vision of Australia to improve productivity and develop the economy thanks to IA innovation”.
Amazon makes a “bigger” technological investment in Australia
Citing figures from the Department of Australian Industry, Sciences and Resources, Amazon noted that AI and automation could contribute to 600 billion Australian dollars per year to the GDP of Australia by 2030.
As part of cash injection and to support its expanding infrastructure network, Amazon has also confirmed that it will build three new solar farms in Victoria and Queensland to add more than 170 megawatts of energy specific to the network. It is in addition to the eight solar and wind projects in which he already invests in New South Wales and the two states above.
With the 11 activity in activity, Amazon plans to generate more than 1.4 million clean energy megawatts each year.
“This is the biggest investment that our country has seen with a world technology supplier, and an exciting opportunity for Australia to strengthen AI capacities using secure and resilient infrastructure,” said Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
The announcement is delivered with the usual secondary dishes – daring allegations of generalized contribution and economic contributions.
By claiming to have trained more than 400,000 Australian citizens since 2017, the company is committed to working with educational establishments, industry partners and the government for new training opportunities.
The CEO of AWS, Matt Garman, concluded: “AI is a transformation once in a generation, and Amazon is happy to allow all Australians to innovate on a large scale thanks to this investment.”
The news comes only a few days after AWS has started $ 20 billion to extend Cloud Computing infrastructure in Pennsylvania, and an additional $ 10 billion commitment to North Carolina.
