Amazon’s Cloud Revenue Doubles Google’s, Stock Surges on AI Investments
Amazon shares surged nearly 12% in premarket trading following a stronger-than-expected earnings report, fueled by robust growth in its cloud computing division. The company posted $33 billion in quarterly cloud revenue—more than double Google's $15.16 billion—exceeding analyst projections of $32.42 billion. AWS revenue grew 20% year-over-year, alleviating concerns about Amazon lagging in the AI race.
The retail giant also unveiled its $11 billion AI data center, Project Rainier, designed to train models for Anthropic, the creator of Claude. Amazon's $8 billion investment in Anthropic includes plans to deploy 1 million custom Trainium2 chips by 2025. Total revenue hit $180.2 billion, up 13% year-over-year, with EPS of $1.95 outperforming estimates of $1.57.