Amazon announced an investment of up to $50 billion to expand AI and supercomputing infrastructure specifically for U.S. government customers utilizing Amazon Web Services (AWS). This initiative will deploy nearly 1.3 gigawatts of compute capacity across AWS Top Secret, AWS Secret, and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, employing advanced compute and networking technologies. The expanded access to AWS’s comprehensive AI services—including Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Nova, Anthropic Claude, AWS Trainium AI chips, and NVIDIA infrastructure—aims to strengthen America’s AI leadership and accelerate discovery and decision-making across government missions.
AWS Investment in Government AI and Supercomputing
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will invest up to $50 billion to expand AI and supercomputing capabilities for U.S. government customers. This investment, starting in 2026, will add nearly 1.3 gigawatts of compute capacity across AWS Top Secret, AWS Secret, and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Agencies will gain access to AI services like Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Nova, Anthropic Claude, AWS Trainium AI chips, and NVIDIA infrastructure, enabling custom AI solutions and optimized data processing.
This substantial investment aims to fundamentally transform how federal agencies use supercomputing. By integrating AI with simulation and modeling, agencies can accelerate discovery and decision-making, potentially reducing analysis times from weeks or months to hours. The focus includes processing decades of data in real-time, unifying fragmented data sources, and automating threat detection through satellite imagery and sensor data analysis.
AWS has a decade-long history of innovation in government cloud computing, being the first to launch dedicated infrastructure for government security requirements in 2011 with AWS GovCloud (US-West). This has expanded over time with the introduction of AWS Top Secret-East (2014), AWS Secret Region (2017), and further regional expansions, demonstrating a commitment to providing secure, scalable infrastructure for U.S. government missions.
Expanding Government Cloud Infrastructure and Security
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will invest up to $50 billion to expand AI and supercomputing infrastructure specifically for U.S. government agencies. This investment, beginning in 2026, will add nearly 1.3 gigawatts of compute capacity across AWS Top Secret, AWS Secret, and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. By providing access to services like Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Bedrock, and AWS Trainium AI chips, agencies can develop custom AI solutions and dramatically reduce processing times for complex data analysis—potentially achieving in hours what previously took weeks or months.
AWS is building on over a decade of experience as a leader in government cloud computing, currently supporting more than 11,000 agencies. Key milestones include launching AWS GovCloud (US-West) in 2011—the first cloud built for government security needs—and introducing AWS Top Secret-East in 2014, the first air-gapped commercial cloud accredited for classified workloads. This continued expansion includes regions like AWS Secret-West and AWS GovCloud (US-East).
This investment aims to accelerate critical government missions ranging from national security and cybersecurity to scientific research and healthcare innovation. The expanded infrastructure will enable agencies to process decades of global security data in real-time, automate threat detection through satellite imagery analysis, and create unified views of complex data sets like supply chain and environmental information, all powered by AI and high-fidelity simulations.
Our investment in purpose-built government AI and cloud infrastructure will fundamentally transform how federal agencies leverage supercomputing.
AI Capabilities for Enhanced Government Missions
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will invest up to $50 billion to expand AI and supercomputing infrastructure specifically for U.S. government agencies. This investment will add nearly 1.3 gigawatts of compute capacity across AWS Top Secret, AWS Secret, and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Federal agencies will gain access to tools like Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Nova, Anthropic Claude, and AWS Trainium AI chips, as well as NVIDIA infrastructure, enhancing their ability to develop custom AI solutions.
This expanded infrastructure aims to accelerate government missions by integrating simulation and modeling data with AI. Agencies can now potentially achieve results in hours that previously took weeks or months, processing decades of data across hundreds of variables in real-time. The investment will transform areas like national security, scientific research, and cybersecurity, allowing for faster threat detection and response through automated analysis of satellite imagery and sensor data.
AWS has a long history of serving the government, launching AWS GovCloud (US-West) in 2011 and becoming the first cloud provider accredited across all US government data classifications—Unclassified, Secret, and Top Secret—by 2017. This new investment builds upon that foundation, removing technological barriers and positioning America to lead in the AI era while supporting the Administration’s AI Action Plan.
