Amazon cloud unit beats on revenue and profit as parent company ramps up AI spending
Summary
AWS revenue rose almost 24% in Q4 to $35.58 billion, beating analyst estimates, and operating income reached $12.47 billion with a roughly 35% margin. AWS accounted for about 17% of Amazon's total revenue and drove most of the parent company's profits. During the quarter AWS introduced Nova Forge for generative AI model training, announced a $38 billion OpenAI spending commitment, and added nearly 4 gigawatts of compute capacity in 2025. Amazon plans about $200 billion in 2026 capital expenditures, primarily for AWS and AI infrastructure, as it competes with rapidly growing Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure AI services.
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