Online store and technology company Amazon announced plans to invest $10 billion into North Carolina, creating an expected 500 new jobs along with it, according to a release .

The investment will be in the form of artificial intelligence infrastructure, in this case, data center infrastructure in Richmond County, to support their ever-increasing, cloud-computing technologies.

“Generative AI is driving increased demand for advanced cloud infrastructure and compute power, and our investment will support the future of AI from AWS data centers in the Tar Heel State,” Amazon said. “This deployment of cutting-edge cloud computing infrastructure will strengthen North Carolina’s position as an innovation hub.”

To help grow a workforce for data center and broadband industries, the company is

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