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• [New] The new Amazon Ads MCP Server is built on the Model Content Protocol, an open standard that will allow AI platforms to communicate with external tools. Ignite Visibility
• [New] On delivery, Amazon Now, already live in parts of London with 30-minute delivery on groceries and essentials, will expand to Manchester and Birmingham in 2026. About Amazon
• [New] In February, it agreed a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar deal with Amazon Web Services to supply compute infrastructure for cloud and AI, and it expects data-centre revenue well above $500 mn (€435 mn) in 2026 and beyond $1bn (€0.87bn) in 2027. Euronews
• [New] Amazon reached the halfway mark on its goal to bring 100,000 electric delivery vans to the road by 2030. US About Amazon
• [New] Amazon is committing $1 billion to Career Choice by 2030, a centerpiece of the $2.5 billion Future Ready 2030 initiative. US About Amazon
• [New] Amazon is investing more than €10 billion to expand and modernize European fulfillment centers with new robotics and will add 25,000 more jobs. US About Amazon
• [New] AI agents will dominate internet searches, commerce and activity by 2035, disrupting the core business models of Google, Amazon and Facebook. CoinDesk
• [New] Google, Amazon and Facebook are terrified because AI agents will not behave like humans when confronted with ads. CoinDesk
• [New] If SpaceX can seamlessly route inference requests from Earth to orbital clusters via the existing Starlink laser-mesh constellation, xAI will possess a structural cost advantage that no terrestrial competitor (Amazon, Microsoft, Google) can replicate. Klover.ai - Klover.ai
• [New] Pinterest signs $4 billion Amazon deal for cloud services Pinterest will pay AWS $4 billion through 2031 - its largest-ever deal - tapping Amazon's custom Graviton and Trainium chips to scale its AI, particularly visual search, as it fights to keep up with TikTok and Meta. Digiday
• [New] Amazon Leo added satellites with another Atlas V launch, pushing its deployed total past 300, though it still faces a steep FCC milestone to reach roughly 1,600 satellites by late July and a realistic broad-availability timeline closer to 2027. Welcome To The 5Gstore Blog
• [New] Amazon spent $44.20 billion on capex while signing OpenAI to roughly 2 GW of Trainium capacity starting in 2027 and Anthropic to up to 5 GW. 24/7 Wall St.
• [New] Amazon Prime Day will be more complicated in 2026 as freight rates and fuel prices surge amid the ongoing war in Iran, raising costs for the global commerce giant during one of its busiest stretches of the year. Yahoo Finance
• Amazon, through AWS, expanded its long-term partnership with Pinterest via a planned $4 billion cloud services commitment through 2031, the largest infrastructure commitment in Pinterest's history. Stock Titan
• Hyperscalers including Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta are projected to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on data centers and AI infrastructure over the coming years. Carnegie Investment Counsel
• The World Meteorological Organization forecasts an overheating Arctic that warms nearly 3 degrees Fahrenheit between now and 2030 and a dangerous drought with potential wildfires for the Amazon, a crucial part of Earth's natural defences to lessen human-caused climate change. Orlando Sentinel
• Rainfall is expected to increase in the Sahel, Northern Europe, Alaska, and Siberia over the next five years, while the Amazon - commonly referred to as the lungs of the Earth - is forecast to be drier. Al Jazeera
• The bullish outlook is supported by expectations that major technology firms, including Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Google, will continue increasing AI-related capital expenditures throughout the year. Finbold
• Collectively, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta are projected to spend $700 billion on infrastructure in 2026. AAF
• Companies including Block, Amazon, Dow, UPS, Pinterest, and Target have laid off workers whilst simultaneously attributing the cuts to AI's productivity potential. Think Different
• Amazon MGM Studios plans a major expansion of Bray Studios, including new sound stages and infrastructure improvements that could create thousands of jobs. CPA | The Credit Protection Association

Last updated: 21 June 2026