Amazon is increasing capital expenditure to support AI infrastructure, according to TD Cowen analyst John Blackledge,...
Amazon is increasing capital expenditure to support AI infrastructure, according to TD Cowen analyst John Blackledge, who reiterated a buy rating and raised capex projections ahead of Q2 earnings Source 4.
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Amazon is increasing capital expenditure to support AI infrastructure, according to TD Cowen analyst John Blackledge, who reiterated a buy rating and raised capex projections ahead of Q2 earnings Source 4. Blackledge expects AWS revenue to grow 35.5% YoY in Q2, driven by generative AI workloads. This capex increase signals continued strong demand for AI compute and networking hardware, benefiting suppliers like Marvell and NVIDIA. Separately, Amazon has laid off over 57,000 employees since 2022, citing AI efficiency gains, which underscores its reallocation of resources toward AI infrastructure Source 3.
What the sources said:
- "Our rev and Op Income estimates are 0.3% and 3.2% above consensus, driven by further AWS revenue growth acceleration led by AI demand." – John Blackledge, TD Cowen (Source 4)
- "AI is the dominant force as companies are restructuring around it, automating roles and reallocating budgets toward new capabilities." – Challenger, Gray & Christmas (Source 3)
- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy warned that AI "should change the way our work is done" and will "reduce our total corporate workforce" (Source 3).
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