AWS expands in Asia-Pacific with launch of Infrastructure Region in Thailand

The new AWS Asia-Pacific (Bangkok) Region will consist of three Availability Zones, adding to the existing 87 across 27 geographic regions.

The new facility will enable developers, startups, and enterprises, as well as governmental, educational, and non-profit organisations, to run their applications and serve end users from AWS data centres located in Thailand, ensuring that customers who want to keep their data in Thailand can do so.

It will also provide even lower latency across the country while enabling customers to use advanced technologies from the world’s leading cloud to drive innovation.

Vice president of Infrastructure Services at AWS Prasad Kalyanaraman said, “We are committed to supporting Thailand's digital transformation through our local infrastructure investments and fast pace of innovation, helping Thailand-based customers to unlock the full potential of the cloud to transform the way businesses and institutions serve their stakeholders.”

“The AWS Asia Pacific (Bangkok) Region will enable organisations to build with AWS technologies like AI and machine learning, data analytics, and the Internet of Things. With these new tools, AWS is empowering governments to better engage with citizens, enterprises to innovate for their next phase of growth, and entrepreneurs to build businesses and compete on a global scale,” added Kalyanaraman.

Supattanapong Punmeechaow, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand and Minister of Energy said, “AWS’s plan to build data centres in Thailand is a significant milestone that will bring advanced cloud computing services to more organisations and help us deliver our Thailand 4.0 ambition to create a digitised, value-based economy.”

“The Royal Thai government is pleased to collaborate with AWS – the world’s leading cloud service provider – to bring secure and resilient world-class cloud infrastructure to Thailand. AWS’s investment will enhance the nation’s competitiveness, generate significant long-term economic benefits, and help build a highly skilled workforce,” he added.

As part of its commitment to the region, AWS plans an estimated investment of more than $5 billion in Thailand over 15 years.

Globally, AWS has announced plans for 24 more Availability Zones across eight AWS Regions in Australia, Canada, India, Israel, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, and Thailand.

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, has marked its presence expansion in Vietnam by announcing on August 31 the launch of the first two AWS edge locations in the country located in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is expected to increase investment in infrastructure and digital skills, and bring best practices to Vietnam as a way to increase its footprint in the market. Phil Davis, the US tech firm’s managing director for Asia-Pacific and Japan, discussed with VIR’s Bich Thuy the changes in its future business strategy here.

The AWS Public Sector Summit opened in Singapore on October 6, discussing cloud transformation and the upscaling of cloud technology in ASEAN.

Vietnam and regional countries are making big steps in cloud transformation as part of their digital transformation journey, with the trend to further intensify. Eric Conrad, regional managing director for Worldwide Public Sector ASEAN at Amazon Web Services, known as AWS, talked with VIR’s Bich Thuy about the cloud journey in Vietnam and the region, as well as future opportunities at the AWS Public Sector Summit 2022 in Singapore.