Amazon plans to invest approximately $13 billion AUD (20 billion Australian dollars) from 2025 to 2029 to expand, operate, and maintain its data center infrastructure in Australia. This investment is aimed at significantly boosting the country's artificial intelligence capabilities and supporting generative AI workloads by increasing server capacity.
This $13 billion investment is Amazon's largest global technology commitment in Australia and marks the biggest ever investment by a foreign tech company in the country. It is expected to accelerate AI adoption nationwide, enhance productivity, and modernize the IT infrastructure for Australian businesses.
In addition to data centers, Amazon will invest in three new solar energy farms located in Victoria and Queensland, with a combined capacity of more than 170 megawatts. These renewable energy projects will help power the expanded cloud infrastructure sustainably. Once completed, Amazon will operate a total of eleven solar farms across Australia, generating around 1.4 million megawatt-hours of clean energy annually—enough to power roughly 290,000 Australian households.
The Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed the investment, highlighting its potential to create thousands of skilled jobs and strengthen national AI capabilities. The government projects that AI and automation could contribute as much as 600 billion AUD annually to Australia's GDP by 2030.
Amazon's commitment builds on its existing presence in Australia since 2012, with facilities in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth, and includes partnerships with key institutions like the Commonwealth Bank and federal defense initiatives.
Amazon's $13 billion investment in Australian AI data center infrastructure over five years represents a major boost to the country's digital economy, AI capabilities, and renewable energy goals.
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