Amazon stock jumped 12% in premarket after Q2 revenue beat estimates at $200.6B and EPS reached $5.75 on strong AWS cloud growth.

Cloud sales boom as company ramps up data center buildout

Amazon has shown momentum for its AWS segment in recent quarters. The trend could continue in Q2 results Thursday.

Amazon Web Services cloud revenue surged significantly, surpassing market forecasts. This strong performance was fueled by increased enterprise artificial intelligence spending. …

SAN FRANCISCO - Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday reported net sales of $200.6 billion for the second quarter, up 20 percent year-over-year.