IT之家 October 21 news: Foreign media Business Insider reported on the 19th of this month Beijing time that some data centers under Amazon Web Services (AWS) are facing power supply capacity bottlenecks, causingthe ordered rack-level AI compute systems to be unable to go live on schedule。
AWS expected in August this year that it would receive racks worth about 3 billion US dollars (IT之家 note: about 20.074 billion RMB at the current exchange rate) per month. Insiders revealed thatsome of this equipment can only be temporarily stored in temporary warehouses due to insufficient power supply. AWS is closely monitoring the power supply progress of its data centers and using various means to accelerate power readiness.
AWS has also adjusted its usual "cash on delivery" practice,taking ownership of racks at an early stage of the supply chain. This helps AWS secure the supply of compute resources, but also means it must bear the losses caused by delays in rack commissioning.