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AWS launches Region in the United Arab Emirates
mazon Web Services ( AWS ), an Amazon . com company , has
A announced the launch of its second Region in the Middle East , the AWS Middle East ( UAE ) region .
Starting now , developers , start-ups , entrepreneurs and enterprises , as well as government , education and non-profit organisations will have even greater choice for running their applications and serving end-users from data centres located in the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ), using advanced AWS technologies to drive innovation .
AWS estimates that its projected spending on the construction and operation of the new Region will support an average of nearly 6,000 full-time
jobs annually at external vendors , with a planned US $ 5 billion ( AED 20 billion ) investment in the local economy through 2036 . The AWS Middle East ( UAE ) Region will also add an estimated US $ 11 billion ( AED 41 billion ) over the next 15 years to the UAE ’ s Gross Domestic Product ( GDP ).
“ AWS is committed to helping customers in the UAE deploy the most advanced cloud technologies and achieve the highest levels of security , availability and resiliency ,” said Prasad Kalyanaraman , Vice President of Infrastructure Services at AWS .
“ With the launch of the AWS Middle East ( UAE ) Region , we are making it possible for even more customers to harness the power of the cloud to drive innovation across the UAE , while also investing in the local economy through job creation , training for highly sought-after technology skills and education resources to further advance the UAE ’ s strategic priorities .”
VisualCortex and Firmus announce alliance to make sustainable computer vision attainable
ideo Intelligence Platform , VisualCortex , has partnered with Firmus – builders of Supercloud , the hyper
V energy efficient computational cloud – to reduce computer vision emissions by 50 %.
The partnership will make large-scale video analytics environmentally sustainable and commercially achievable . Supercloud , powered by Firmus ’ immersion cooled data centre , enables VisualCortex and its clients to perform computeexhaustive Machine Learning workloads , while future-proofing its carbon footprint .
The 50 % reduction in CO 2 emissions is achieved via Firmus ’ fluid-based cooling system ( a biodegradable , non-conductive liquid ), which is 1,000x more efficient at removing heat from data centres compared to traditional air-based methods of heat exchange . The partnership delivers three core outcomes :
• A dedicated VisualCortex R & D environment on Supercloud , enabling the vendor to train more computer vision models , in less time , while producing fewer CO 2 emissions .
• A referral agreement , enabling VisualCortex to offer Supercloud ’ s hosting services to its current and future clients at discounted rates .
• A second referral agreement allowing Firmus to recommend VisualCortex ’ s Video Intelligence Platform to partners and clients at discounted rates .
VisualCortex CEO and Co-founder , Patrick Elliott , said : “ At VisualCortex , our mission is to make video data actionable throughout the enterprise . Our Video Intelligence Platform makes it technologically and financially possible to pervasively scale computer vision programs . At the same time , we fully acknowledge that computer vision requires significant GPU processing power . Supercloud , powered by Firmus , provides an ideal solution to address this challenge for VisualCortex and our clients .”
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