Verizon Business has added Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its latest partner for its Verizon AI Connect product, which aims to deploy AI workloads at scale.

As part of the deal, Verizon will build new, long-haul, high-capacity fiber pathways to connect AWS data center locations.

In turn, this will help AWS to deliver and scale its cloud services for customers building and deploying advanced AI applications at scale.

According to Verizon, the new fiber segments will help deliver the exponential data growth driven by generative AI, while it notes that its AI Connect offering will provide AWS with resilient network paths that will enhance the performance and reliability of AI workloads.

“AI will be essential to the future of business and society, driving innovation that demands a network to match,” said Scott Lawrence, SVP and chief product officer, Verizon Business.

“This deal with Amazon demonstrates our continued commitment to meet the growing demands of AI workloads for the businesses and developers building our future.”

Verizon unveiled its AI Connect offering in January, when it outlined plans to make its underutilized data center assets available for companies to deploy hardware.

The carrier confirmed at the time that Google Cloud and Meta are already leveraging additional capacity to support their AI workloads.

The telco's announcement this week opens the solution up to AWS, a company with which Verizon already has a long-standing partnership.

"By working with Verizon, AWS will enable high-performance network connections that ensure customers across every industry can build and deliver compelling, secure, and reliable AI applications at scale," added Prasad Kalyanaraman, vice president, AWS Infrastructure Services.

"This collaboration builds on our long-standing commitment to provide customers with the most secure, powerful, and efficient cloud infrastructure available today."

During Verizon's most recent earnings call, the company's recently appointed CEO, Dan Schulman, called for a "full reboot" at the US carrier, while outlining his intentions to drive AI adoption to drive cost efficiency savings.