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Amazon's $220B AI capex as AWS runway to $1T
The guest argued Amazon's planned $220 billion in capital expenditure by 2026 is a bet on AI infrastructure demand that could drive AWS to a $1 trillion annual run-rate business. Andy Jassy (CEO of Amazon) made the case on a16z Podcast’s “Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on the $220 Billion AI Buildout”, aired 23 October 2026. The reasoning given was that current demand is so strong the company is still leaving meaningful AI demand on the table, and that lower inference costs from this build-out could unlock broader enterprise adoption.