Amazon makes concerning $50 billion investment in new project: 'Will fundamentally transform ... federal agencies'

Amazon makes concerning $50 billion investment in new project: 'Will fundamentally transform ... federal agencies'

Amazon announced that it will invest $50 billion in new artificial intelligence and supercomputing capabilities for Amazon Web Services, specifically for use by U.S. government customers hoping to get a leg up in the global race for dominance in the sector.  What's happening? A report by CNBC explained that this investment is expected to break ground this year and will add nearly 1.3 gigawatts of capacity across AWS Top Secret, AWS Secret, and A…