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Amazon inks multibillion-dollar optical manufacturing deal with Corning
Multibillion-dollar. Amazon's optical manufacturing deal with Corning signals the next AI infrastructure bottleneck: not GPUs, but the networking that connects them.
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Why it matters
As AI model training and inference scale, data center connectivity becomes a critical constraint. Amazon's strategic investment in optical component manufacturing reveals how cloud providers are de-risking supply chains for AI infrastructure, moving from pure compute to the full stack.
The key facts
4 to knowAmazon-Corning deal valued at several billion dollars
Corning expanding factories in North Carolina
Optical components for Amazon data centers
Strategic manufacturing partnership to secure AI infrastructure supply chain
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Publisher excerpt: Amazon.com Inc. is partnering with glass manufacturer Corning Inc. to make optical network components for its data centers. The cloud and retail giant stated today that the deal is worth several billion dollars. Corning will use some of the funds to expand its factories in North Carolina. According…