Amazon’s data center push fuels 1,000-job fiber optic agreement with Corning - WECT

✓What's documented Cites multiyear multibillion-dollar deal, 1,000 NC jobs, $10 billion Amazon investment figure, and Catawba Valley Community College partnership.

Amazon announced a multiyear, multibillion-dollar agreement with Corning to supply optical fiber and connectivity for its growing data center infrastructure, a deal set to create 1,000 jobs at Corning's North Carolina facilities. Amazon and Corning will also expand a fiber technician training program at Catawba Valley Community College. The agreement adds to Amazon's planned $10 billion investment in North Carolina cloud infrastructure.

• Multiyear, multibillion-dollar Amazon-Corning fiber agreement
• 1,000 new jobs at Corning's North Carolina manufacturing facilities
• Training program expansion at Catawba Valley Community College
• Adds to Amazon's planned $10 billion North Carolina cloud investment
• Comes as the NC House advances data center restrictions under Senate Bill 730