{"id":227869,"date":"2026-06-08T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/amazon-multibillion-dollar-deal-with-corning-to-power-ai-data-centers\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T09:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T13:30:16","slug":"amazon-multibillion-dollar-deal-with-corning-to-power-ai-data-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/amazon-multibillion-dollar-deal-with-corning-to-power-ai-data-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon multibillion-dollar deal with Corning to power AI data centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/06\/08\/amazon-taps-corning-for-op.html\">Amazon multibillion-dollar deal with Corning to power AI data centers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/06\/08\/amazon-taps-corning-for-op.html\">https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/06\/08\/amazon-taps-corning-for-op.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-08 08:35:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnbc.com\">www.cnbc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amazon is investing billions of dollars in Corning to supply optical fiber for its expanding U.S. data centers, driven by the need for fast connections associated with AI infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>The agreement with Amazon will create around 1,000 new jobs at Corning&#8217;s North Carolina factories and extend Corning&#8217;s training program for fiber optic technicians.<\/li>\n<li>This deal and other recent commitments highlight the growing demand for high-speed fiber optics due to AI&#8217;s increasing compute requirements.<\/li>\n<li>The agreement represents a critical milestone for Corning, which is experiencing revitalization and significant growth in its fastest-growing optical communications business.<\/li>\n<li>As hyperscalers and AI labs expand, they are increasingly turning to onshoring their manufacturing steps to meet growing demand, aligning with the Trump administration&#8217;s push towards an onshore AI supply chain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon multibillion-dollar deal with Corning to power AI data centers https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/06\/08\/amazon-taps-corning-for-op.html Publish Date: 2026-06-08 08:35:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":227870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/108302673-1778030331411-260109_cn_30_tech_corning_meta_cleanmp400_15_13_17Still021.jpg?v=1778091614&w=1920&h=1080","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227869"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227871,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227869\/revisions\/227871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}