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Meta signs multibillion-dollar deal for Amazon Graviton5 chips as AI compute demand outstrips $135B capex budget
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Meta has entered a multibillion-dollar, multiyear agreement with Amazon to rent hundreds of thousands of the latter’s general-purpose Graviton chips for its artificial-intelligence work. The deal, announced as Meta prepares its next generation of AI models, comes amid a broader shortage of Nvidia chips and reflects the company’s expanding AI compute needs.
Written from all 3 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- TechCrunch·In another wild turn for AI chips, Meta signs deal for millions of Amazon AI CPUs
- TechMeme·Meta announces a deal to use "tens of millions" of Amazon's Graviton chips to help deliver its next generation of AI models, amid a shortage of Nvidia chips (Ina Fried/Axios)
- TechMeme·Meta and Amazon reach a multi-billion, multiyear deal for Meta to rent hundreds of thousands of Amazon's Graviton chips for its AI efforts (Matt Day/Bloomberg)
Meta and Amazon have a multibillion-dollar deal. Meta will rent hundreds of thousands of Amazon's Graviton chips for AI efforts. The chips are general-purpose.
- The Next Web·Meta signs multibillion-dollar deal for Amazon Graviton5 chips as AI compute demand outstrips $135B capex budget
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