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Snowflake commits $6B to Amazon Web Services over 5 years in latest AI infrastructure deal

$6B. That's what Snowflake just committed to AWS for AI infrastructure—and it signals where enterprise compute is flowing.

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Why it matters

Major data platform doubling down on AWS custom silicon (Graviton) underscores the infrastructure arms race: hyperscalers are locking in long-term commitments to secure compute capacity for AI workloads, mirroring deals from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta.

The key facts

4 to know
  1. $6B Snowflake commitment to AWS over 5 years

  2. Includes Amazon Graviton custom processors

  3. Part of broader trend: Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta all have similar AWS AI infrastructure deals

  4. Signals enterprise data platforms betting on hyperscaler infrastructure for AI at scale

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Publisher excerpt: Snowflake committed to spend $6 billion on AWS over five years, including the use of Amazon's custom Graviton processors. The deal adds to a growing list of large-scale AI infrastructure commitments on AWS from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta.
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