Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) on Thursday announced plans to invest an additional $12 billion in Mississippi data centers, taking the total investment to $25 billion. The company said that the move would include an additional $11 billion investment in Madison County data center operations and a $1 billion investment in Hinds County. The data centers will power cloud computing services used across sectors such as healthcare, agriculture, and research, strengthening Amazon’s core cloud business. The data center expansion would also lead to additional job creations, expected to add more than 2,000 jobs. The announcement comes shortly after CEO Andy Jassy defended the company's $200 billion capital expenditure in a letter to shareholders. AMZN stock was up 4.5% at the time of writing.