PYMNTS.com January 7, 2025
Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to invest at least $11 billion in Georgia to expand infrastructure to support cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
The investment is expected to create at least 550 new skilled jobs and bolster the state’s position as technology hub, the company said in a Tuesday (Jan. 7) press release.
“AWS’s ongoing infrastructure investments across the United States demonstrate our relentless commitment to powering our customers’ digital innovation through cloud and AI technologies,” Roger Wehner, vice president of economic development at AWS, said in the release.
In Georgia in particular, Wehner said, “State and local leaders have cultivated an environment that enables companies like AWS to make bold, forward-looking investments.”
The investment will help expand...