Amazon Amazon chief technology officer Werner Vogels said in an exclusive interview that Amazon is opening cloud regions in Southeast Asia because customers want their data to be stored securely in their own countries.
“The reason is a lot of our customers have been asking for this. They really want something localized so they can meet local data storage requirements or protect personally identifiable information,” Vogels told CNBC’s JP Ong .
Amazon Web Services, Amazon’s cloud computing unit, was the world’s largest cloud service provider in the fourth quarter, accounting for 31% of total cloud spending. Report on February 26 From Canalis.
An AWS Region is the physical location of a data center cluster. There are at least three independent Availability Zones within each AWS Region. Each zone has its own power, cooling and physical security, and is connected via redundant, ultra-low latency networks.
“It’s not just startups that are looking for this. It’s big businesses and government agencies as well. You can imagine government agencies also wanting to go through digital transformation,” Vogels said.
“It’s important for them to have this type of technology locally to make sure they can provide the best service to their customers or citizens,” Vogels said.
Amazon said in November New AWS Region launched in Malaysia This year.It previously pledged to invest 25.5 billion Malaysian ringgit ($6 billion) in 2037 to support Government’s ambition to transform Malaysia Enter the “high-income” digital economy by 2030.
“This new AWS Region will also enable customers with data residency preferences to securely store data in Malaysia, helping customers achieve lower latency and meet demand for cloud services across Southeast Asia,” the statement read.
This is after AWS opens cloud region in Indonesia December 2021 and 2010 in Singapore. Planned launch An infrastructure zone in Thailand.
AWS already operates in multiple regions in North America, South America, Europe, China, Asia Pacific, South Africa, and the Middle East.
“Of course, especially with the security capabilities that AWS has, it allows us to protect these customers. Security is and will always be our No. 1 priority. It’s our first area of investment,” Vogels said.
“Being able to keep customers safe in our computing region is very attractive to companies and governments in the region.”
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