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Nvidia and AWS announced 2 million more GPUs and put a dollar figure of exactly nothing on it.

Part of the hardware they named had already slipped a year, and Nvidia's stock swung 11 points the same afternoon as its earnings call.

01THE CLAIM
"AWS and Nvidia announced they will deploy 2 million additional Nvidia GPUs (Blackwell Ultra, Rubin, Rubin Ultra) across AWS global infrastructure in 2027-2028, bringing Nvidia GPU capacity introduced on AWS this year to 'more than 3 million.'" [SOURCE ↗]
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$0dollar figure disclosed in the primary NVIDIA/AWS press release for the 2M-GPU commitment
8.74%Nvidia's after-hours stock jump the same session the AWS GPU news landed alongside earnings
2028the year Rubin Ultra's supporting Kyber rack infrastructure slipped to, per SemiAnalysis, before this deal was announced
Nvidia and AWS announced 2 million more GPUs and put a dollar figure of exactly nothing on it.
02THE CHECK

THE CLAIM. AWS and Nvidia will deploy 2 million more GPUs (Blackwell Ultra, Rubin, Rubin Ultra) in 2027-2028, pushing this year's Nvidia GPU rollout on AWS past 3 million. THE CHECK: neither company's release states a dollar figure; at Nvidia's own previously stated per-chip pricing, 2 million GPUs works out to an estimated $60-80 billion in silicon alone, more once power and buildings are counted. THE TWIST: the rack system meant to house the Rubin Ultra chips named in this deal had already slipped to 2028, and Nvidia's stock jumped 8.7% the same session, a move 24/7 Wall St. attributed jointly to the earnings beat and the AWS deal, not to the GPU announcement alone.

03SAY THIS IN THE MEETING · 📸 SCREENSHOT IT
"Show me the invoice, not the GPU count."

On August 26, 2026, the same day Nvidia reported second-quarter earnings, AWS and Nvidia jointly announced plans to deploy 2 million additional GPUs, Blackwell Ultra, Rubin, and Rubin Ultra chips, across AWS's global infrastructure in 2027 and 2028. Combined with the 1 million-plus GPUs AWS said at

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