Shannon Kellogg, vice president of public policy, Americas, at Amazon.com Inc., joins theCUBE’s John Furrier and Scott Hebner during the AWS Summit Washington, DC event to discuss AWS’s infrastructure growth and public policy outlook. The conversation centers on AWS’ $30 billion investment in new data center capacity across North Carolina and Pennsylvania, driven by increasing demand for machine learning and AI.

Kellogg outlines the strategic approach behind these expansions, including efforts to optimize energy use and build partnerships with state governments and power providers. The discussion also touches on the importance of regulatory balance as AI adoption accelerates.

Key insights include the emergence of regional data center clusters and the critical role of policy in enabling sustainable growth. Kellogg emphasizes that thoughtful collaboration between public and private sectors will be essential to meeting infrastructure needs at scale.

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00:00 – Intro
00:06 – Transforming Economies: The Role of AWS in Data Center Innovation and AI Expansion
03:00 – Powering AWS’s North Carolina and Pennsylvania Projects
05:11 – Strategic Infrastructure for AI & Community-Centric Data Centers
08:06 – Revolutionizing Efficiency: The Intersection of Compute Focus and Public-Private Innovation
10:30 – Powering the Future: Integrating Energy Strategies and AI Regulations
12:47 – Harmonizing AI Policy and Infrastructure: Federal, State, and AWS Perspectives
16:12 – Navigating a Complex Regulatory Environment
19:04 – Navigating Transitions: Daily Operations and Future Endeavors at AWS Government Affairs

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