Amazon plans to invest several billion dollars in a new Montgomery County, Missouri data center campus within its $200 billion 2026 capital expenditure program. The project includes over $7 million in community contributions, job creation, tax revenues and follows a Corning fiber optics deal to support AI-driven cloud infrastructure.
Amazon announced a multi-billion-dollar investment to build a new data center campus in Montgomery County, Missouri, as part of its record $200 billion capital expenditure plan for 2026. The company committed over $7 million in direct community contributions, including emergency dispatch funding and local infrastructure improvements, and expects the facility to generate significant tax revenues.
This Missouri campus expands Amazon’s cloud infrastructure to meet surging AI demand, following a recent multibillion-dollar fiber optic supply agreement with Corning. The project underscores Amazon’s long-term conviction that large-scale AI investments and robust connectivity are critical to maintaining its leadership in cloud services.
