Verizon announced a deal with Amazon Web Services on Monday to build high-capacity fiber routes connecting AWS data centers, aiming to strengthen infrastructure for the next generation of artificial intelligence applications.

Here’s hoow AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud fared during the third-quarter 2025 in terms of cloud revenue, cloud sales growth, operating income and parent company revenue.

AWS outage reports spiked again for the cloud service yesterday (October 29) after a mass outage last week. But this time, AWS was quick to dispute these reports with us.

Amazon's stock popped 13% on Thursday afternoon, fueled by huge Q3 growth at AWS. The earnings call with analysts is scheduled for 5 p.m. ET.

Verizon Business today announced a new Verizon AI Connect deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide the resilient high-capacity, low-latency network infrastructure essential for the next wave of artificial intelligence (AI) innovation.

Overall, Amazon's revenue rose by 13% year over year to $180.2 billion, which came in above the $177.8 billion analyst consensus, as compiled by LSEG. Earnings per share climbed 36% to $1.95, which easily surpassed analyst expectations of $1.57.

Fastnet is the first cable that Amazon is building on its own. The company backed multiple subsea internet projects in the past, but it developed them as part of consortiums. One of those cables, the Bifrost optical link that connects the U.S. and Singapore, came online last month.

Under the Verizon AI Connect deal, Verizon will construct high-capacity, long-haul fiber routes to link AWS data centers, providing the high performance, low-latency network infrastructure needed for advanced AI workloads.

Amazon has categorically refuted claims that its cloud computing platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS), suffered another major outage on October 29, 2025. This denial comes in the wake of recent mass layoffs that saw hundreds of employees from critical infrastructure teams lose their jobs.