{"id":24858,"date":"2024-04-24T06:40:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T06:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/107405494"},"modified":"2024-04-24T06:40:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T06:40:07","slug":"amazon-is-opening-cloud-regions-in-southeast-asia-to-meet-customer-demand-cto-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/amazon-is-opening-cloud-regions-in-southeast-asia-to-meet-customer-demand-cto-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon is opening cloud regions in Southeast Asia to meet customer demand, CTO says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"Placeholder-ArticleBody-Video-107405482\">\n<div role=\"button\" id=\"Placeholder-ArticleBody-Video-107405482\" class=\"PlaceHolder-wrapper\" data-vilynx-id=\"7000338245\" data-test=\"VideoPlaceHolder\">\n<div class=\"InlineVideo-videoEmbed\" id=\"InlineVideo-0\" data-test=\"InlineVideo\">\n<div class=\"InlineVideo-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"InlineVideo-inlineThumbnailContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"InlineVideo-videoThumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/amazon-is-opening-cloud-regions-in-southeast-asia-to-meet-customer-demand-cto-says.jpg\" alt=\"Generative AI has to incorporate cultural knowledge, Amazon CTO says\"><span class=\"InlineVideo-videoButton\"><\/span><span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p><span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-1\"><span class=\"waslinkname\">Amazon<\/span><span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> is opening cloud regions in Southeast Asia because customers want their data stored securely in their own countries, Amazon Chief Technology Officer&nbsp;Werner Vogels said in an exclusive interview.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The reason for this is that many of our customers have been asking for that. They really wanted something local such that they can meet, for example, local data storage requirements, or protection of personal identifiable information,&#8221; Vogels told CNBC&#8217;s JP Ong.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon&#8217;s cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services, was the world&#8217;s largest cloud service provider in the fourth quarter, accounting for 31% of total cloud spending, according to a <span class=\"waslinkname\">Feb. 26 report<\/span> from Canalys.<\/p>\n<p>An AWS region is a physical location where data centers are clustered. Within each AWS region are a minimum of three separate availability zones. Each zone has its own power, cooling and physical security and is connected through redundant, ultra-low-latency networks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And it&#8217;s not just startups that are looking for that. Big enterprises and government agencies as well. You can imagine government agencies want to go through a digital transformation as well,&#8221; Vogels said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And for them, it&#8217;s important to have these kinds of technologies on the ground, in [the] country to make sure that they can serve their customers best or their citizens best,&#8221; said Vogels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"Placeholder-ArticleBody-Video-107399480\">\n<div role=\"button\" id=\"Placeholder-ArticleBody-Video-107399480\" class=\"PlaceHolder-wrapper\" data-vilynx-id=\"7000336938\" data-test=\"VideoPlaceHolder\">\n<div class=\"InlineVideo-videoEmbed\" id=\"InlineVideo-0\" data-test=\"InlineVideo\">\n<div class=\"InlineVideo-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"InlineVideo-inlineThumbnailContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"InlineVideo-videoThumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/amazon-is-opening-cloud-regions-in-southeast-asia-to-meet-customer-demand-cto-says-1.jpg\" alt=\"Google Cloud CEO: We're monetizing AI in a variety of ways\"><span class=\"InlineVideo-videoButton\"><\/span><span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Amazon in November said it is <span class=\"waslinkname\">launching a new AWS Region in Malaysia<\/span> this year. It previously committed a 25.5 billion Malaysian ringgit ($6 billion) investment by 2037 to support the <span class=\"waslinkname\">government&#8217;s ambitions to transform Malaysia<\/span> into a &#8220;high-income&#8221; digital economy by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This new AWS Region will also enable customers with data residency preferences to store data securely in Malaysia, help customers to achieve even lower latency, and serve demand for cloud services across Southeast Asia,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after <span class=\"waslinkname\">AWS opened a cloud region in Indonesia<\/span> in December 2021 and in Singapore in 2010. AWS is also <span class=\"waslinkname\">planning to launch<\/span> an infrastructure region in Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>AWS already operates multiple regions across North America, South America, Europe, China, Asia Pacific, South Africa and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And especially, of course, the security capabilities that AWS has, that allows us to protect these customers. Security, will be, and is forever, our number one priority. [It] is our number one investment area,&#8221; said Vogels.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And to be able to keep customers safe in our compute regions, [it] is of great attraction to companies here in the region and also governments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon is opening cloud regions in Southeast Asia because customers want their data stored securely in their own countries, Amazon Chief Technology Officer&nbsp;Werner Vogels said in an exclusive interview. &#8220;The reason for this is that many of our customers have been asking for that. 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