Amazon is preparing for another major layoff round, potentially cutting 14,000 jobs across Amazon Web Services, retail, and Prime Video departments. This follows an October round of 14,000 cuts, as the company works to trim its corporate workforce by approximately 30,000 employees in total. The move comes amid aggressive spending on AI infrastructure.

CEO Andy Jassy has previously stated that generative AI would reduce Amazon's corporate workforce over the coming years. The company's workforce doubled during the pandemic, and recent cuts aim to realign spending with its current scale. This is the largest layoff wave since 2023, when Amazon cut 27,000 jobs.

These layoffs coincide with massive investments in data center projects to compete in the AI race. While the tech giant builds out its infrastructure, it continues to shed employees from its corporate ranks. The upcoming cuts signal a sustained effort to balance growth in cloud computing and AI with tighter operational costs.