Amazon's race to 'future-proof' AI data centers for power-hungry new tech

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AWS's Titus project accelerates AI data center deployments with new liquid-cooling systems.

Amazon plans a record $200 billion in capital expenditures this year.

The AI boom is reshaping the physical infrastructure of cloud providers.

Amazon is changing the way it builds data centers, to "future-proof" these giant facilities for the AI era.

An internal AWS initiative known as "Titus" aims to dramatically accelerate data center construction while redesigning facilities to meet the demands of next-generation AI hardware, according to internal planning documents reviewed by Business Insider.

"The objective of the Titus portfolio of program variants is to deliver the next AWS generational Data Center design," one internal document states.

The effort underscores how the AI boom is reshaping the physical infrastructure behind cloud computing, as increasingly power-hungry AI systems push…