Online retail and cloud computing giant Amazon announced on Saturday plans to invest over $13 billion in Australia to develop artificial intelligence and cloud computing infrastructure.
Amazon plans to invest AUD 20 billion (approximately $13.4 billion) by 2029 to expand Australia's artificial intelligence and cloud computing capabilities, marking the largest technology investment publicly announced by a global company in the country to date.
This investment will be used to expand, operate, and maintain Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in Australia.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated, "This is the largest investment our country has received from a global technology provider, and it is an exciting opportunity for Australia to build artificial intelligence capabilities using secure and reliable infrastructure." He added:
"This investment will bring economic opportunities to Australians, including high-skilled jobs and infrastructure to support complex artificial intelligence and supercomputing applications."
Part of this $13 billion investment will be used to build three new renewable solar farms in Victoria and Queensland, bringing the total number of Amazon's renewable energy projects in Australia to 11.
These solar farms are expected to generate approximately 1.4 million megawatt-hours of carbon-free energy each year, enough to power 290,000 Australian homes.
Amazon first entered the Australian market in 2012, opening the Asia-Pacific division of Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Sydney. In July 2024, the Australian government will collaborate with AWS to launch a "top secret" AWS cloud service for national security and defense purposes.
On June 11, Amazon partnered with Talen Energy to purchase nuclear energy to power AWS servers and artificial intelligence data centers in Pennsylvania until 2042.
This partnership was reached two days after Amazon announced plans to invest $20 billion in Pennsylvania for artificial intelligence infrastructure, as more tech companies are turning to building artificial intelligence capabilities.
Continued investment in artificial intelligence services and automation is expected to boost the Australian economy.
According to data from the government's Department of Industry, Science and Resources, developments related to artificial intelligence and automation are expected to contribute AUD 400 billion to the country's GDP annually.
Amazon invested over $312 million in renewable energy projects in Australia between 2020 and 2022.
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