Amazon’s cloud business showed growth in the first quarter of 2025, but the pace of this upward process turned out to be slower than preliminary expectations.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) revenue for January-March of the current year was recorded at the $29.27 billion mark. This indicator showed an increase of 17% compared to the reading for the same period in 2024. At the same time, analysts surveyed by StreetAccount expected AWS revenue for the first quarter of 2025 to reach $29.42 billion.
It is also worth noting that in the fourth quarter of 2024, the revenue of the mentioned Amazon unit increased by 18.9%.
Currently, AWS accounts for about 19% of the company’s total revenue. This unit is a top cloud infrastructure provider.
It is worth noting that the global cloud computing sector continues to show growth. This upward dynamic is observed against the background of increasing fears about a recession in the world’s economy amid a gradually emerging trade war. It is also worth noting that cloud computing is critically necessary for the development and subsequent evolution of artificial intelligence. AI is actually the main cutting-edge technology at the moment. Artificial intelligence has huge potential. The most ambitious projections suggest that over time, machine intelligence will surpass the human mind in terms of cognitive abilities.
Amazon’s total revenue for the first quarter of 2025 was recorded at the $155.7 billion mark. This indicator showed an increase of 9% year-on-year.
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