In over a decade, Amazon's cloud division has achieved the highest profit margin.
- For five consecutive quarters, Amazon Web Services has experienced a rapid increase in annual revenue growth.
- The unit recorded its highest profit margin since at least 2014.
- Sales came in just shy of analysts' estimates.
In the third quarter, the cloud unit's revenue increased by 19%, slightly below analyst predictions.
Amazon, through its subsidiary AWS, dominates the cloud infrastructure market, surpassing both Google and Microsoft, and generates substantial revenue for the company.
On Tuesday, Google Cloud revenue, including both applications and infrastructure, reached $11.35 billion, up 35%. On Wednesday, it was announced that Azure and other cloud services experienced a 33% growth in revenue.
AWS's unit operating margin was 38%, the broadest since at least 2014, while Google Cloud's operating margin was 17%.
During the quarter, said it will bring database services to AWS.
AWS announced plans to discontinue some services, including CodeCommit, as Garman told TechCrunch that AWS "can't invest in everything."
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Naveen Rao, CEO of Databricks, announced that the company generates over $1 billion in revenue on AWS.
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