Decoding AI in the Central Valley

Amazon Q2 sales reach $200.6B, AWS up 37%; Central Valley sites matter

Amazon reported higher profits and $200.6B in Q2 net sales as AWS grew 37%. The Valley’s Fresno, Stockton, Patterson and Turlock hubs tie local jobs to that growth.

The company runs major facilities in Fresno, Stockton, Patterson and Turlock that support local jobs. Two hundred billion dollars. That is the headline number Amazon delivered for the quarter that ended June 30, and it came with a sharp jump in cloud revenue. This matters here because the company runs large fulfillment and delivery hubs in Fresno,...