Amazon launches a massive investment in Australia to enhance the infrastructure for artificial intelligence.

Amazon unveiled an ambitious plan to invest 20 billion Australian dollars (equivalent to 12.97 billion US dollars) over the next five years to expand its data centers in Australia and enhance artificial intelligence capabilities in the country.

The announcement came through an official post on the company's blog on Saturday, June 14, highlighting this investment as Amazon's largest technological commitment in the Australian market to date.

The majority of these funds will be directed towards expanding server capacity, improving the infrastructure supporting AI workloads, as well as ongoing maintenance and operations.

The company also announced parallel plans to invest in renewable energy, including the construction of three new solar farms in Victoria and Queensland, committing to purchase over 170 megawatts of clean energy produced through these projects.

This announcement comes amid fierce competition among technology giants, including Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, to expand their presence in cloud computing and artificial intelligence in response to the growing demand for these services worldwide.

Earlier this week, Amazon announced a similar investment of 20 billion dollars in the US state of Pennsylvania, and last June revealed an investment of 10 billion dollars in North Carolina, in addition to over 5 billion dollars to enhance its cloud infrastructure in Taiwan.