AWS to invest $5bn in South Korea data centers
Builds on previous commitment
Builds on previous commitment
Projects are still in the pipeline, but facing delays
Will facilitate construction of data center
But slower revenue growth than competitors raises questions
Added more than 4GW of peak demand since last year, largely the result of new data centers
Expansion will be supported by three new solar farms in Victoria and Queensland
Another major investment pledge from the cloud giant
Plans to launch region by end of 2026
Unit's slowest growth for a year
Cloud providers publish their response to initial report
Company can remain a member
Company bringing down useful life of some AI servers down from six years to five
Investment will occur by 2030
Cloud company says: "We continue to invest in our infrastructure in Israel"
AWS Mexico (Central) Region goes live
Will invest in Virginia and Arizona with Natixis
Plans for $2bn data center surfaced at the end of last year
Part of the company’s commitment to invest more than $5 billion in country
Includes previously announced investments in the state
In return for a promise to use AWS Trainium and Inferentia chips
Also teams up with Anthropic and Palantir to provide AI to US Defense Agencies
Investment will span over the next five years
AWS maintains top spot, Google and Microsoft follow
Q3 saw $27.5bn in sales, up 19.1 percent year over year