AWS to invest $15 billion in Japan to expand its cloud infra by 2027

In May, AWS had committed to investing $12.7 billion to expand its cloud infrastructure in India by 2030. The Indian investment, according to the company, is expected to add $23.3 billion to the country’s GDP by 2030, generating 131,700 jobs annually for the next seven years.

Just five months before announcing the India investment, AWS had launched its second region in Hyderabad and said it was committing $4.4 billion to scale it through 2030.

In May last year, AWS launched a new cloud region in Malaysia and had committed to invest $6 billion in the country over the next 14 years.

Currently, the company has 10 regions in the Asia Pacific region, including Mumbai, Hyderabad, Seoul, Jakarta, Tokyo, Osaka, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Mainland China.

AWS Regions are composed of Availability Zones that place infrastructure in separate and distinct geographic locations. Each of these 10 regions has at least three Availability Zones.

Globally, AWS has 105 Availability Zones within 33 geographic regions. The company has announced plans to build out 12 more Availability Zones and four more regions in Germany, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Thailand.