AWS has launched a new region in Thailand, providing developers, startups, enterprises, and public sector organisations a local option for running applications and serving end users from AWS data centers located in the country.
The company is planning to invest over $5 billion (SGD 6.82 billion) in Thailand.
AWS’ vice president of Infrastructure Services, Prasad Kalyanaraman, said the new region will help customers deploy advanced applications with a set of technologies that offer core cloud capabilities, including compute, storage, analytics, and networking, and services that enable customers to evolve, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.
The region consists of three availability zones to support customers’ business continuity and provide low latency for availability applications that use multiple Availability Zones.
Each availability zone has independent power, cooling, and physical security, and is connected through redundant, ultra-low-latency networks.
According to AWS, the construction and ongoing operation of the region will add approximately $10 billion to Thailand’s gross domestic product (GDP).
It will support an average of over 11,000 full-time-equivalent jobs at external businesses annually.
These jobs, including construction, facility maintenance, engineering and telecommunications, will be part of the AWS supply chain in Thailand.
With the launch of this region, AWS has now 111 availability zones across 35 geographic regions.
