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Qualcomm's stock rises on Amazon data center deal, entering Nvidia's territory

9/8/2026

Qualcomm's stock jumped after the company reached a data center infrastructure deal with Amazon, making a direct bid for territory that Nvidia has owned through the AI boom.

Data centers, in plain terms, are the facilities packed with computer servers that power cloud services and AI workloads. Nvidia has been the dominant player in that market. Qualcomm is trying to change that.

The deal is described as an infrastructure arrangement, which means it covers the foundational hardware layers of a data center rather than finished products sold to end users.

Qualcomm is positioning itself as a supplier at that tier of the business. Amazon's willingness to sign on gave investors enough reason to push the stock higher.

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