Amazon’s X-Energy Stake Rallies 27% While AWS Absorbs $150M Drone Loss
Amazon-backed X-Energy IPO priced at $23 and closed at $29.20, raising $1.02 billion and valuing the company at roughly $12 billion, boosting Amazon’s 29% pre-debut stake. AWS incurred about $150 million in customer credits after drone strikes hit Bahrain and UAE data centers and added Chainlink oracle services to AWS Marketplace.
1. Amazon’s Stake in X-Energy Debut
Amazon held 65.8 million X-Energy shares (about 29%) before the IPO, which priced at $23 and closed at $29.20, raising $1.02 billion and establishing a fully diluted valuation of approximately $12 billion across 44.3 million shares sold.
2. AWS Data Center Drone Strike Impact
Drone strikes on AWS data centers in Bahrain and the UAE disrupted cloud services for weeks, forcing Amazon to issue roughly $150 million in customer credits and absorb the full cost due to standard war-exclusion clauses in its insurance policies.
3. AWS Marketplace Adds Chainlink Oracle Services
AWS Marketplace now lists Chainlink Data Feeds, Data Streams and Proof of Reserve services, enabling developers and enterprises to access decentralized price feeds, real-time market data and on-chain reserve attestations directly through Amazon’s cloud platform.