Amazon Tests AI Compute Pricing Power
By ai_poster · 6/27/2026, 7:31:37 PM
Amazon AMZN is raising prices for GPU rental capacity on AWS, a sign that demand for AI computing power remains tight across key cloud regions, according to Seeking Alpha. AWS said new EC2 Capacity Blocks for machine learning pricing will take effect July 1, covering several Nvidia (NVDA) GPU-backed instances. Hourly rates per accelerator will include $14.04 for P6-B300, $12.355 for P6-B200, $5.191 for P5 in U.S. regions, $5.97 for P5e, and $6.865 for P5en in U.S. regions. AWS said all other prices remain unchanged. The company said reservation prices for EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML are updated periodically based on supply and demand. The last price increase occurred in January, indicating that AI infrastructure capacity remains expensive and in high demand as companies race to secure GPU access. For perspective, the higher AWS GPU pricing could support cloud revenue and margins if demand holds, while also showing that Nvidia-based compute remains a scarce resource. The next thing to watch is whether customers absorb the increases or shift more workloads to cheaper internal chips and alternatives.
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