Amazon will open three data centers in Spain

Amazon will open three data centers in Spain. The new AWS Europe Region will arrive in Spain in the coming years, allowing customers to execute workloads and store data in this country, in addition to satisfying end users with even lower latency.

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), belonging to the e-commerce giant, has announced that it will open an infrastructure region in Spain. The new AWS Europe Region will consist of three availability zones at the time of its launch and will be the seventh AWS region in Europe, joining the existing ones in Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Stockholm and the next region in Milan , whose implementation is scheduled for early 2020.

The opening of the region in Spain is estimated for the end of 2022 or the beginning of 2023 . Currently, AWS offers 69 availability zones in 22 infrastructure regions worldwide. With this announcement, AWS has already announced plans for the inauguration of 13 new availability zones and four regions in Indonesia, Italy, South Africa and Spain, as announced on Thursday.

"The cloud is already driving innovation in companies, educational institutions, public administrations and state agencies throughout Spain and thanks to this new region of AWS infrastructure, we can help accelerate this transformation," said Peter DeSantis, Vice President of Infrastructure Global and Customer Support of Amazon Web Services. "Opening an AWS Region in Spain will create more companies and jobs or in the technology sector, boosting the local economy, as well as allowing organizations in all sectors to reduce costs, increase security and improve agility. We are excited that AWS contributes to the future growth of Spain . "

The Herald of Aragon said that the three data centers would be located in three locations in that community , as confirmed by the company to EL MUNDO: in Huesca, in Villanueva de Gállego and in El Burgo de Ebro. The total investment of the multinational will reach 2,500 million euros and originate 1,500 direct jobs in 10 years.

The AWS announcement has been favorably received by the acting President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez , who described the news as excellent: "This AWS investment will allow Spain to fully adapt to the digital transformation and develop as an international center of innovation and technology. In addition to promoting technological progress in the private sector, cloud computing will improve the services that the Public Administration provides to citizens.A secure cloud is an essential tool for the development of our economy, as well as for the generation of employment in our country. We value this AWS commitment to the technological development of Spain and the improvement of the skills of our citizens. "

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

• Spain
• Europe
• London
• Paris
• Pedro Sanchez
• Italy
• Indonesia
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