- AWS will invest an additional $10 billion in Ohio, bringing total investment to more than $23 billion by 2030
- Amazon said it has created a total of 110,000 jobs across the state since 2010
- Ohio’s renewable energy plan will generate 2.9 GWh of energy annually
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has confirmed plans to invest another $10 billion in Ohio by the end of the decade as part of an ongoing spending spree to fuel its artificial intelligence-related growth.
Combined with AWS’s $7.8 billion investment in Ohio announced in early 2024 and its $6 billion investment in 2022, AWS’ total investment in data centers in the state will exceed $23 billion by 2030.
Amazon’s overall investment since 2010 reaches $35 billion to meet growing demand cloud computingartificial intelligence and data centers.
AWS invests billions in Ohio
Roger Wehner, vice president of economic development at AWS, said the billions of dollars in funding will be used to create hundreds of new AWS technical jobs, such as data center engineers, network experts, engineering operations managers and security experts. Locally, telecommunications, facilities maintenance and power generation roles will also indirectly benefit from increased AWS activity in the region.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine commented: “AWS’ significant investment in Ohio will help keep our state at the forefront of global technology.”
Amazon says it has contributed $31 billion to Ohio’s GDP since 2010, including 38,000 direct jobs and 72,000 indirect jobs.
Ohio Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted added: “These are significant investments by AWS and support Ohio’s growing reputation as a Midwest technology hub.”
The company also noted its commitment to matching its consumption with renewable energy generation, something its Ohio projects are proving instrumental in, including 23 wind and solar projects that will generate 2.9 gigawatt hours of electricity annually. .
Wehner concluded, “The cloud is powering innovation in every sector of the modern economy. AWS is proud to expand our cornerstone investments beyond central Ohio to help drive the next generation of cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence.”
More broadly, the company has been spending aggressively to support its artificial intelligence advances, including announcing an infusion of $11 billion in Indiana and $10 billion in Mississippi in 2024.