Amazon Web Services has agreed to give US federal agencies up to $1 billion in discounts for cloud services and AI training, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced on Thursday. The deal, which runs through 2028, is designed to speed up the government’s migration to the cloud and its adoption of the latest artificial intelligence tools.
The GSA sees the agreement as a key part of its effort to enhance “America’s AI leadership.” Amazon’s cloud chief, Matt Garman, called the partnership a “significant milestone in the large-scale digital transformation of government services.” The discounts will come in the form of credits for using AWS’s cloud infrastructure, as well as for modernization programs and training services to help government employees get up to speed.
This is just the latest big tech deal the GSA has made as it pushes to modernize the federal government. Last month, the agency announced a similar agreement with cloud rival Oracle. And just this week, the GSA struck a deal with OpenAI to give federal agencies access to ChatGPT for just $1 for the next year.
Together, these moves show the government is aggressively working to get its agencies using the most advanced technology from the biggest names in the industry, accelerating a major digital transformation across Washington.
