Key facts: NASDAQ:AMZN $8B Anthropic stake; $6.8B Mercury; AWS outage

Key facts: NASDAQ:AMZN $8B Anthropic stake; $6.8B Mercury; AWS outage

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- Amazon holds an estimated 15–21% stake in Anthropic via an $8B initial tranche, a $5B April 2026 tranche, and up to $20B tied to milestones; Anthropic pledged $100B+ in AWS/Trainium purchases.

Invezz - Amazon allocates $6.8B in a three-year plan to expand U.S. same-day capacity for 2026–27 under Project Mercury. Internal estimates: $7.1B economic value over 10 years; cash-flow positive by 2030.

GuruFocus - AMZN: Major AWS outage hit Bahrain and UAE after physical facility damage. Bahrain saw unrecoverable data loss for resources lacking external backups; AWS is rebuilding one UAE availability zone.

GuruFocus - Amazon (AMZN) agreed to buy Generac backup data‑center generators: initial deliveries worth ~$2.4B in 2027–28, potential expansion to $8B. Amazon received a warrant for up to 1.69M Generac shares.

3 sources - Amazon raised U.S. core ops starting pay to $20/hr (from $19), boosting annual base pay to $41,600 for 40 hours. Company says avg core pay ~$24/hr. New benefits and >$1.5B cost.

3 sources - Amazon (AMZN) joined major tech firms and 200+ utilities, developers and states pledging t...