Amazon Chief Executive Andy Jassy Outlines Plan for Trillion-Dollar Cloud Unit
Amazon Chief Executive Andy Jassy stated during an earnings call that Amazon Web Services could become a trillion-dollar business, supported by heavy spending on cloud infrastructure.
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Amazon Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy declared during the company quarterly earnings call on Thursday that Amazon Web Services could achieve one trillion dollars in annual revenue. TechCrunch AI reported that reaching this target will require Amazon to continue increasing its capital expenditures to build out its artificial intelligence cloud infrastructure. [1][4]
During the call, Jassy stated that what Amazon is building is unlike anything seen before, noting that no business has ever recorded one trillion dollars of annual revenue. FourWeekMBA separately reported that Jassy projected over 40 percent growth for AWS while keeping capex guidance held at 220 billion dollars. [1][3]
Jassy has led Amazon as president and chief executive officer since July 2021, when he succeeded founder Jeff Bezos. Before taking the top role at Amazon, Jassy founded and led AWS from its inception and served as its chief executive from April 2016 until July 2021. [4]
In short
- Andy Jassy stated AWS could become the first business with one trillion dollars in annual revenue.
- Amazon will continue ramping up capital expenditures to build its AI cloud infrastructure.
- FourWeekMBA reported capex guidance held at 220 billion dollars alongside projected AWS growth of over 40 percent.
Sources
Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.
- [1]AWS will be a $1T business, Jassy says. But first, it will spend big.TechCrunch AI, 5d ago (the report this story comes from)
- [2]AWS will be a $1T business, Jassy says. But first, it will spend big.TechCrunch, 5d ago
- [3]Jassy Projects 40%+ AWS Growth as Capex Guide Holds at $220BFourWeekMBA, 5d ago
Background
- [4]Andy Jassy on Wikipedia
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