Amazon has announced plans to increase its cloud computing infrastructure in Germany with a €7.8 billion ($8.44 billion) investment by 2040.
Max Peterson, Vice President of Sovereign Cloud at AWS, confirmed the investment plans in a press release on Wednesday.
The statement was made almost seven months after AWS initially made intentions for a sovereign cloud. It appears that this was done to align with the AWS Berlin Summit, which is taking place in the German city today and tomorrow.
According to the release, by the end of 2025, all clients will be able to access the first AWS Region, which will be launched in the German state of Brandenburg.
“State-of-the-art data centres for secure cloud computing are the basis for a strong digital economy.
“I am pleased Amazon Web Services (AWS) has chosen Brandenburg for a long-term investment in its cloud computing infrastructure for the AWS European Sovereign Cloud,” Jörg Steinbach, Brandenburg’s Minister of Economic Affairs, Labour and Energy of the investment plans from AWS.
Newsng understands that AWS’s long-term commitment will boost digital transformation in companies, increase productivity, fortify the AWS Partner Network (APN), improve cloud and digital workforce competencies, and support sustainable energy initiatives.
By 2040, the large investment made by AWS is expected to boost Germany’s GDP by €17.2 billion.
“This investment reinforces our commitment to offer customers the most advanced set of sovereignty controls, privacy safeguards, and security features available in the cloud.
“We’re investing heavily in new local talent and infrastructure, which will help provide the operational sovereignty our customers require,” said Peterson.
The AWS European Sovereign Cloud is a brand-new, independent cloud for Europe that is intended to give consumers in highly regulated industries and public sector organisations more options to satisfy their changing needs for sovereignty.
Though it will be independent of current AWS Regions, it will make use of all of AWS’s capabilities with the same recognisable architecture, vast service offerings, and APIs that users are comfortable with.
We earlier reported that France has received billions of investments from global tech companies including Microsoft and Amazon, and drug companies including Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Novartis and GSK amounting to about 13 billion euros at the “Choose France ” summit held at Versailles Palace.
