COUNTRY FOCUS : INDIA
With businesses embracing cloud computing to meet the needs of millions of customers in India , the availability of the country ’ s second AWS Region by mid-2022 has been announced . This is set to transform the way businesses in south India harness the power of IT and provide customers with greater resiliency for critical cloud workloads , lower latency and improved compliance capabilities .
New AWS Region in India to power digitalled innovation
Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) has
announced the expansion of its services to include a second infrastructure region in India by mid-2022 .
The new AWS Asia Region , which will consist of three Availability Zones at launch , will join the existing nine AWS Regions and 26 Availability Zones across Asia in India , Australia , Greater China , Japan , Korea and Singapore .
The new AWS Asia Pacific ( Hyderabad ) Region will enable more enterprises as well as government , education and non-profit organizations to run their applications and serve end-users from data centers located in India .
“ Businesses in India are embracing cloud computing to reduce costs , increase agility and enable rapid innovation to meet the needs of billions of customers in India and abroad ,” said Peter DeSantis , Senior Vice President of Global Infrastructure and Customer Support , AWS . “ Together with our AWS Asia Pacific ( Mumbai ) Region , we ’ re providing customers with more flexibility and choice , while allowing them to architect their infrastructure for even greater fault tolerance , resiliency and availability across geographic locations .”
K . T . Rama Rao , Minister for IT , Electronics and Communications , Municipal Administration and Urban Development and Industries and Commerce
Departments , Government of Telangana , said : “ We are pleased that AWS has chosen Telangana as the location for its second region in India . Hyderabad is an important talent hub for IT professionals and entrepreneurs , and with the increased adoption of cloud computing , we are set to see a transformation in the way businesses in south India harness the power of IT .
“ Combining the unique resources of Telangana with AWS , the world ’ s leading cloud , will boost economic development , power digital-led innovation and establish a cloud center hub for the rest of the country .”
The new AWS Asia Pacific ( Hyderabad ) Region demonstrates Amazon ’ s continuing
48 INTELLIGENTCIO www . intelligentcio . com