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Cloud computing stocks face a packed week as Amazon job cuts loom and Fed meets

Cloud computing stocks face a packed week as Amazon job cuts loom and Fed meets

Amazon is back in the spotlight as cloud computing stocks head into next week, following a Reuters report that the company plans another wave of corporate job cuts starting as early as Tuesday. The layoffs will impact Amazon Web Services and are part of a broader effort to reduce roughly 30,000 white-collar roles, after 14,000 were cut in October. CEO Andy Jassy emphasized that the moves are “not really financially driven” but about “culture.”
Autodesk layoffs: AutoCAD maker to cut 1,000 jobs as it shifts spending to AI and cloud

Autodesk layoffs: AutoCAD maker to cut 1,000 jobs as it shifts spending to AI and cloud

Autodesk announced Thursday it plans to slash roughly 7% of its global workforce—around 1,000 positions—as the San Francisco-based design software company shifts investment toward artificial intelligence and its cloud platform. The bulk of the job cuts will hit customer-facing sales teams, marking the end of a multi-year sales and marketing revamp.
Amazon taps Rio Tinto’s low-carbon “Nuton” copper for AWS data centers as AI buildout bites

Amazon taps Rio Tinto’s low-carbon “Nuton” copper for AWS data centers as AI buildout bites

Rio Tinto and Amazon Web Services struck a two-year deal to provide “low-carbon” copper, produced using Rio’s Nuton technology, for components in AWS data centers across the U.S., the companies announced. Amazon’s Chief Sustainability Officer Kara Hurst described the move as “a fundamentally different approach” to copper production.
Amazon stock edges up after-hours as Nigeria clears Kuiper permits and AWS pushes Europe “sovereign cloud”

Amazon stock edges up after-hours as Nigeria clears Kuiper permits and AWS pushes Europe “sovereign cloud”

Amazon.com shares ticked up 0.4% in after-hours trading Friday, closing at $239.07. The move followed Nigeria’s approval of satellite permits for Amazon’s Kuiper Systems, opening a fresh market for its space-based broadband effort. Nigeria’s regulator granted Kuiper a seven-year licence to operate Ka-band services — the high-frequency spectrum essential for satellite broadband — covering February 2026 through February 2033.
Amazon stock rises after AWS launches Europe-only “sovereign cloud” as AI buildout stays in focus

Amazon stock rises after AWS launches Europe-only “sovereign cloud” as AI buildout stays in focus

Amazon.com shares climbed about 0.7% to $238.20 in after-hours trading Thursday following the launch of a Europe-only “sovereign cloud” by its AWS unit. The new service keeps data and operations strictly within EU rules, with data centres physically and legally isolated from AWS’s other servers. Michael Hanisch, CTO of AWS Germany, said the setup could continue operating even if the EU lost internet access or if the U.S. restricted software exports. Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google are also targeting this regulated market segment.
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