The downturn in hiring marks another setback in the boost Amazon had initially promised with its HQ2 in Northern Virginia amid a squeeze in the tech industry.
Job cuts will affect AWS sales and marketing employees, among others.
Spending spree is a show of force as the company looks to retain cloud computing edge over Microsoft and Google.
As part of the tie-up, Anthropic has agreed to use AWS data centers to power some of its operations.
AWS will no longer charge customers who want to extract all of their data from the company’s servers.
A technique pioneered by Google is gaining currency as more power-hungry AI systems come online.
There are pros and cons to having multiple AWS — or any public cloud — accounts.
CISPE said it wants to make "substantive progress" on the cloud software licensing dispute this quarter.
As more public cloud vendors delve into custom silicon, private data centers risk losing market share.
Amazon alleged that several defendants had fraudulently profited from AWS data center real estate deals.
