AWS launches new Region in Malaysia

AWS Asia Pacific Region (located in Malaysia) will provide customers with more options to securely run applications and store data in Malaysia, while further reducing latency for end users.

AWS currently has 108 Availability Zones across 34 geographic regions.

Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), has launched the AWS Asia Pacific Region in Malaysia, giving developers, startups, entrepreneurs, and businesses, as well as government, educational , and non-profit organizations, more options to run applications and serve their end users from AWS data centers located in Malaysia.

The construction and operation of the new AWS Region is estimated to contribute approximately US$12.1 billion (MYR 57.3 billion) to Malaysia's gross domestic product (GDP) and will support an average of over 3,500 full-time jobs annually across various businesses between now and 2038. These jobs, including construction, facility maintenance, engineering, telecommunications, and other roles within the country's broader economy , will be part of the AWS supply chain in Malaysia.

Prasad Kalyanaraman, Vice President of Infrastructure Services at AWS, said: "The new AWS Region in Malaysia enables organizations in the Asia-Pacific region to fully leverage the potential of the world's largest and most trusted cloud platform, helping customers deploy advanced applications with a range of AWS technologies such as AI and ML.”

Following the launch of the AWS Asia-Pacific Region (Malaysia), AWS now has 108 Availability Zones across 34 geographic regions and has also announced plans to launch 18 more Availability Zones and six AWS Regions in Mexico, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, and the AWS European Sovereign Cloud.

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Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/aws-ra-mat-region-moi-tai-malaysia-post756134.html