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$AMZN Jumps on Strong AWS Growth Despite AI Spending (Premarket)
For investors looking at tech infrastructure and AI growth, Amazon's performance offers a data point on how established players are managing increased spending while still showing strong cloud segment expansion.
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Amazon shares surged in premarket trading after the e-commerce giant reported its strongest cloud growth in more than four years. The results suggest robust demand at Amazon Web Services is offsetting concerns over increased artificial intelligence infrastructure expenditures.
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[MARKET BIAS: BULLISH] [SESSION: PREMARKET] [CATALYST: Earnings Report] Amazon shares jumped more than 12% before the bell on Friday, July 31, 2026, following its latest earnings report. The company posted its strongest AWS growth in over four years, a key indicator for its AI strategy, which some investors had feared could be hampered by rising capital expenditures. The AWS unit saw revenue jump 37% to $42.2 billion in the second quarter, exceeding analysts' consensus estimate of a 31.21% increase. This performance contrasts with concerns seen at peer Alphabet, where rising AI spending impacted cash flow. Despite a 10% increase in planned capital expenditure to $220 billion, investors focused on AWS's performance as the primary driver of the premarket rally, adding an estimated $300 billion to Amazon's market value.
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