Amazon signs multibillion‑dollar deal with Corning to power next‑gen AI data centers

Amazon has signed a multibillion‑dollar, multi‑year agreement with Corning to supply next‑generation fiber‑optic cables and networking components for its expanding data center infrastructure. The deal supports Amazon’s massive AI‑driven cloud growth and will create around 1,000 new jobs at Corning’s North Carolina facilities, plus hundreds more in construction. It follows Amazon’s broader $20 billion investment in the state, which it says has already contributed to 26,000 jobs. The partnership aligns with AWS’s new Random Network Graph architecture, which requires significantly more fiber to boost bandwidth and reliability for large‑scale AI workloads. Corning, already a major beneficiary of the AI boom, is also backed by Nvidia, which has invested billions to expand US‑based optical manufacturing.

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