AWS expands data center footprint to nearly 49M square feet amid doaring AI demand

Amazon Web Services (AWS) reported a 28% expansion in its data center and office space, reaching 48.9 million square feet in 2024. With rising AI-driven workloads, AWS continues investing heavily, planning $100 billion in capital expenditures this year. CEO Andy Jassy emphasized that growth signals drive procurement of infrastructure, including data centers, chips, and networking, reinforcing AWS’s dominance in cloud computing.