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Amazon’s cloud computing provider, AWS, is launching a cloud region in Malaysia. In a statement announcing the news on March 2, the US tech giant said its cloud unit plans to invest $6bn in the country by 2037 which will give public and private players “greater choice for running their applications and serving end users from data centres located in Malaysia.”
In the statement, Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said: “Bringing access to world-class AWS infrastructure, advanced technologies and cloud skills programs to Malaysia will unlock opportunities for local businesses of all sizes to build and expand globally.”
The Malaysian cloud infrastructure will consist of three availability zones. AWS is also planning to launch new regions in Canada, Israel, Malaysia, New Zealand and Thailand.
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