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Amazon AWS Cloud Growth Hits Fastest Pace in 15 Quarters

economy-finance · 2026-04-29

Amazon reported a massive earnings beat driven by its cloud computing division, AWS. AWS revenue surged 28% year-over-year to $37.6 billion, marking the fastest growth rate in 15 quarters. Total company revenue climbed 17% to $181.5 billion. The strong performance underscores the continued demand for cloud services amid the AI boom.

Key facts

  • AWS revenue rose 28% to $37.6 billion.
  • AWS growth was the fastest in 15 quarters.
  • Total Amazon revenue increased 17% to $181.5 billion.
  • The earnings beat was driven by AWS cloud growth.

Entities

Institutions

  • Amazon
  • AWS

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