AMAZON CRACKS DOWN ON 'CPU WASTE' AMONG ENGINEERS AS AGENTIC AI CRUNCH INTENSIFIES

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AWS is cracking down on internal use of EC2 instances among its engineers. Engineers have been told to reduce CPU waste to ensure the company has enough CPU capacity to meet customer demand. The increased demand for CPU is due to the rise of AI agentic workloads. Other cloud companies are also seeing high demand for CPUs.