AWS backlog reaches US$496 billion; Amazon to double power capacity by end-2027

Joseph Chen

, DIGITIMES, Taipei

Jul 31, 2026, 11:29 0

Credit: Digitimes

Amazon disclosed a US$496 billion AWS backlog growing at triple-digit rates in the second quarter, and CEO Andy Jassy used the call to lay out unusually specific unit economics defending the capital behind it.

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