KI-Boom: Amazon profitiert von Cloud-Geschäft
Amazon ist nicht nur der weltgrößte Online-Händler, sondern auch ein führender Player bei Cloud-Diensten. Im KI-Boom sorgt das für Wachstum - aber bringt auch hohe Kosten für neue Rechenzentren.
Seattle - Amazon continues to profit magnificently from its cloud business. The AWS division accelerated its growth in the previous quarter and increased revenue year-on-year by 39 percent to $46 billion. The division generated an operating profit of $17.8 billion, which is 55 percent more than a year ago. Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, also wants to benefit from the current AI boom through the cloud business of AWS.
The expansion of data centers consumes enormous sums, with Amazon alone forecasting capital investments of $220 billion for this year. The forecast for the trade business in the crucial holiday quarter fell below market expectations. The stock fell temporarily by more than six percent in after-hours US trading. In the previous quarter, Amazon increased the group's revenue year-on-year by 12 percent to $201.9 billion.
Overall, profit fell slightly by almost two percent to $20.7 billion. Amazon attributed this mainly to the fact that it had benefited from valuation gains in the investment in AI company Anthropic a year ago.
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