India, Oct. 27 -- Verizon has signed an agreement worth more than USD 2 billion with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to expand connectivity infrastructure supporting artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, as demand for computing capacity and data transfer continues to grow.

Under the agreement, Verizon will provide high-capacity fibre-optic connectivity to AWS data centres. The arrangement establishes a commercial framework to scale distributed computing and support the real-time processing requirements of generative AI and agentic AI applications, according to Verizon's third-quarter 2026 results announcement.

The deal expands Verizon's role in the AI infrastructure market beyond its traditional wireless and broadband businesses, positionin...