Partners with AWS to build fiber network connecting data centers for AI applications, expanding existing collaboration as AI demand grows.

Verizon Business has added Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its latest partner for its Verizon AI Connect product, which aims to deploy AI workloads at scale. As part of the deal, Verizon will build new, long-haul, high-capacity fiber pathways to connect AWS data center locations.

Amazon has categorically refuted claims that its cloud computing platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS), suffered another major outage on October 29, 2025. This denial comes in the wake of recent mass layoffs that saw hundreds of employees from critical infrastructure teams lose their jobs.

“AWS is growing at a pace we haven’t seen since 2022, re-accelerating to 20.2% YoY,” Andy Jassy, the president and CEO of Amazon, said in the company’s earnings announcement. “We continue to see strong demand in AI and core infrastructure, and we’ve been focused on accelerating capacity — adding more than 3.8 gigawatts in the past 12 months.”

Verizon Business today announced a new Verizon AI Connect deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide the resilient high-capacity, low-latency network infrastructure essential for the next wave of artificial intelligence (AI) innovation.

Verizon announced a deal with Amazon Web Services on Monday to build high-capacity fiber routes connecting AWS data centers, aiming to strengthen infrastructure for the next generation of artificial intelligence applications.

Indiana that will run artificial intelligence models for Anthropic PBC. CNBC reported the milestone today. The campus, which is located near Lake Michigan, was built as part of an initiative called Project Rainier that AWS announced last year.

As for what caused the problem, Microsoft said on X that "a recent configuration change to a portion of Azure infrastructure" is believed to be the culprit—distinct echoes of the AWS outage, which was reportedly also caused by a bug in the software.