AWS Regions are made up of availability zones that keep infrastructure in separate and distinct geographic locations. file | Photo Credit: Reuters
Cloud service provider Amazon Web Services, Inc. has launched the AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region, the second such facility in India, to enhance services for customers.
It will invest an estimated $4.4 billion (about ₹36,300 crore) in the country by 2030 through the sector, including capital expenditure on building data centres, operating expenditure related to ongoing utilities and facility costs, and procurement of goods and services from regional businesses. Services. The new sector is also expected to support over 48,000 full-time jobs annually in external businesses during this period.
The Amazon company said on November 22 that the jobs will be part of the AWS supply chain in India, which includes jobs in manufacturing, facility maintenance, engineering, telecommunications and within the country’s wider economy.
On the AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region, which includes three availability zones, it said, “Starting today, developers, startups, entrepreneurs, and enterprises, as well as government, education, and non-profit organizations, will have more space to run their applications.” and serving end users from data centers located in India”. Customers will have access to advanced AWS technologies to drive innovation, including data analytics, security, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
“Customers and partners in India will now have additional regional infrastructure to deploy applications with greater resiliency, availability and even lower latency,” said Prasad Kalyanaraman, vice president of infrastructure services at Amazon Data Services Inc. The firm’s long-term investment in the country since the opening of its first office in 2011.
AWS Regions are made up of availability zones that keep infrastructure in separate and distinct geographic locations. With the latest addition, AWS has 96 such zones across 30 geographies and plans to launch 15 more zones and five more AWS regions in Australia, Canada, Israel, New Zealand and Thailand. The AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai) region was opened in June 2016.
Welcoming the investment commitment, Telangana’s IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao said the move would strengthen Telangana’s position as a progressive data center hub in India. “We recognize the power of cloud computing which is why we have collaborated with AWS to improve e-governance, healthcare and municipal operations to benefit the citizens of Telangana… Glad The new AWS region in Hyderabad will spur more innovation and growth.” ,” They said.
Union Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Chandrasekhar said, “India Cloud is poised for major expansion and innovation as a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s $1 trillion digital economy vision. Data centers are an important element of the digital ecosystem. The investment by AWS in expanding its data centers in India is a welcome development and will help catalyze India’s digital economy.