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Amazon’s AI Infrastructure Spending Soars, Resulting In Negative Cash Flow, As Report Claims $5 Billion Of NVIDIA GB300 Rack Deliveries Happened In August Alone

Amazon’s free cash flow has turned negative as the company pours billions into AI data centers and NVIDIA GB300 racks, with an AWS executive reportedly expecting it to stay that way for the next couple of years The AI race is forcing technology titans like Amazon to buy NVIDIA’s GB300 racks faster than they can be powered on, with a new report stating that the e-commerce giant received “$5 billion in deliveries” in the month of August, followed by $3 billio

By the Truvace desk2 min read1 sourceJournalismTRV-2026-2023· cite & verify
Amazon’s AI Infrastructure Spending Soars, Resulting In Negative Cash Flow, As Report Claims $5 Billion Of NVIDIA GB300 Rack Deliveries Happened In August Alone

In brief

The article reports that Amazon's free cash flow has turned negative as the company spends heavily on AI data centers and NVIDIA GB300 racks. A report cited in the text says Amazon received $5 billion in deliveries in August, with another delivery figure beginning with $3 billion cut off by truncation.

The spending shows how the AI buildout can strain a large company's finances even before the hardware is fully in use. What remains unclear is how long the cash drain will last and whether the investment will pay off, since the available text includes only the opening lines.

Main points

  1. Amazon's free cash flow is described as negative because of AI infrastructure spending.
  2. An AWS executive is reportedly expecting negative free cash flow to persist for the next couple of years.
  3. A report claims Amazon received $5 billion in NVIDIA GB300 rack deliveries in August.
  4. The text says companies are buying GB300 racks faster than they can be powered on.

The problem

Amazon's rapid purchases of AI data-center hardware, including NVIDIA GB300 racks, are reported to have pushed its free cash flow negative, with an AWS executive reportedly expecting that to continue for a couple of years.

The rundown

The supplied text describes the AI race as pushing large technology companies to buy NVIDIA GB300 racks at a pace that outstrips their ability to power the systems on. Amazon is the example given.

The delivery claim comes from a new report quoted as saying Amazon received $5 billion in deliveries in August. The sentence continues with a $3 billion figure for a later period, but the text ends before that detail is explained.

The reported expectation about future cash flow is attributed to an AWS executive and is framed as a reported expectation rather than a measured outcome.

Sources

  1. JournalismWccftech2026-10-20

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