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.
"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 ↗]

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.
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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