Announced Grid (Renewable PPA)

AWS US Government AI Supercomputing Expansion

Ashburn, Virginia / Oregon / Ohio, United States

Capacity
1300MW
Operator
Amazon Web Services
AI Focus
Government AI & National Security
Year
2026

In November 2025, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a massive $50 billion investment to expand its AI and supercomputing infrastructure specifically for the U.S. federal government. This initiative is designed to add nearly 1.3 gigawatts (GW) of specialized capacity across AWS’s GovCloud (US), AWS Secret, and AWS Top Secret cloud regions.

The expansion, set to break ground in 2026, will feature purpose-built data centers engineered for massive AI workloads, utilizing AWS’s custom Trainium chips and the latest NVIDIA AI infrastructure. This investment aims to fundamentally transform how federal agencies leverage supercomputing for missions in national security, scientific research, and operational efficiency, providing the high-performance compute necessary for real-time data processing and foundation model training within secure, government-approved environments.

Reference Metadata

Country
United States
Region
Virginia / Oregon / Ohio
City
Ashburn
Status
Announced
Timeline Year
2026
Location Precision
Region
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