Amazon and Corning's multi-billion-dollar deal aims to enhance U.S. fiber optics manufacturing, creating 1,000 jobs and boosting production.

Amazon is paying Corning billions for optical fibre to wire its US AI data centres, the glassmaker's third AI megadeal of 2026 after Meta & Nvidia.

Amazon is the latest megacap company to announce a massive deal with Corning, which is rapidly becoming a critical player in the AI buildout.