Amazon Looks to Grow Diamonds in Bid to Boost Computer Networks
Amazon Looks to Grow Diamonds in Bid to Boost Computer Networks
Company’s AWS division teams up with De Beers on project
Diamonds may wind up in AWS networks in ‘years not decades’
An employee at Element Six holds a molecular structure model of a diamond.
Amazon.com Inc. is teaming up with a unit of De Beers Group to grow artificial diamonds, betting that custom-made gems could could help revolutionize computer networks.
De Beers’s Element Six division will be working on the project with Amazon Web Services’ Center for Quantum Networking, a unit that’s seeking next-generation ways to transmit data securely over longer distances.
