AWS unveils $5.3bn investment to advance Saudi Arabia’s cloud infrastructure

AWS unveils $5.3bn investment to advance Saudi Arabia’s cloud infrastructure

Image courtesy: Chesnot/ Getty Images Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced on Monday that it will invest more than $5.3bn (SAR19.88bn) in Saudi Arabia to launch a new infrastructure region by 2026, amid growing demand for cloud services in the kingdom. The new AWS Region will allow developers, startups, entrepreneurs, and enterprises, as well as healthcare firms, education, gaming, and nonprofit organisations, to serve customers from data centres located within the kingdom. “The new region will enable organisations to unlock the full potential of the cloud and build with technologies like compute, storage, databases, analytics, and artificial intelligence, transforming the way businesses and institutions serve their customers,” said Prasad Kalyanaraman, vice president of Infrastructure Services at AWS. Kalyanaraman said the investment supports Saudi Arabia’s digital transformation and it will support the growing demand for cloud services in the Middle East. The new region will consist of three Availability Zones at launch, adding to the existing 105 zones across 33 geographic regions globally. AWS counts Abdul Latif Jameel, Almarai, Almosafer, Al Naghi Group, Jahez, Mobily, Red Sea Global, Saudi Telecom Group and Seera Holding Group among its customers in Saudi Arabia. AWS boosts Saudi Arabia cloud adoption AWS