Silicon Republic May 7, 2024
The investment comes as rivals such as Microsoft have been making significant AI and cloud investments in Asian countries such as Japan and Indonesia.
Amazon has shared plans to double its cloud infrastructure investment in Singapore by pumping $9bn into the south-east Asian economy over the next four years.
This marks the continuing expansion of its footprint outside the US and is aimed at meeting growing international demand for cloud services provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) as AI becomes more pervasive.
Announced as part of an AWS ASEAN summit held in Singapore today (7 May) and first reported by Bloomberg, the investment is also a way for Amazon to diversify its international cloud investment and avoid ongoing tensions between...