New AWS Europe (Spain) Region will arrive in
next several years, enabling customers to run workloads and store
data in Spain and serve end-users with even lower latency
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:
AMZN), today announced it will open an infrastructure region in
Spain. The new AWS Europe (Spain) Region will consist of three
Availability Zones at launch, and will be AWS’s seventh region in
Europe, joining existing regions in Dublin, Frankfurt, London,
Paris, Stockholm, and the upcoming Milan region launching in early
2020. The Spain Region is expected to open late 2022 or early 2023.
Currently, AWS provides 69 Availability Zones across 22
infrastructure regions worldwide. With this announcement, AWS now
has announced plans for 13 more Availability Zones and four more
Regions in Indonesia, Italy, South Africa, and Spain. For more
information on AWS’s global infrastructure, go to:
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/
“Cloud computing is already powering innovation within
businesses, educational institutions, public administrations, and
government agencies across Spain, and with this AWS infrastructure
region, we look forward to helping accelerate this transformation,”
said Peter DeSantis, Vice President of Global Infrastructure and
Customer Support, Amazon Web Services. “Opening an AWS Region in
Spain will drive more technology jobs and businesses, boosting the
local economy, while enabling organizations across all industries
to lower costs, increase security, and improve agility. We’re
excited to have AWS contribute to the future growth of Spain.”
AWS’s announcement was welcomed by Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro
Sanchez, who described it as great news for the country. "This
investment from AWS will allow Spain to fully adapt to the digital
transformation and develop as an international center of innovation
and technology. Cloud computing, in addition to promoting
technological progress in the private sector, will enable the
Public Administration to improve the services it provides to
citizens. A secure cloud is an essential tool for the development
of our economy, as well as for the generation of jobs in our
country. We highly value AWS's commitment to the technological
development of Spain and the upskilling of our citizens."
The addition of the AWS Europe (Spain) Region will enable local
customers with data residency requirements to store their content
in Spain, with the assurance that they retain complete control over
the location of their data, while customers building applications
that comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will
have access to another secure AWS infrastructure region in the
European Union (EU) that meets the highest levels of security,
compliance, and data protection. Today, AWS is also Esquema
Nacional de Seguridad (ENS) High certified, meaning its
infrastructure meets the highest levels of security and compliance
for government agencies and public organizations in Spain. This all
gives Spanish organizations from startups to enterprises and the
public sector access to infrastructure in their country to leverage
advanced technologies including analytics, artificial Intelligence,
database, Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, mobile
services, serverless, and more to drive innovation.
AWS continues to grow and invest in Spain
The news of the upcoming AWS Europe (Spain) Region adds to AWS’s
ongoing investment in the country. AWS first established a presence
in the country in 2012, with the launch of an AWS Edge location in
Madrid. This was followed by an AWS office in the city in 2014,
which has a significant and growing team of account managers,
business development managers, customer services representatives,
partner managers, professional services consultants, solutions
architects, technical account managers, and many more to help
customers of all sizes as they move to the cloud. In 2016, AWS
launched its first AWS Direct Connect location, allowing customers
to establish a dedicated network connection from their on-premises
data centers to AWS. In 2017, AWS delivered an additional Edge
location and AWS Direct Connect location in Madrid. AWS has also
had a presence in Barcelona since 2018, where a vibrant startup
ecosystem thrives and leverages AWS to innovate faster. These
investments were made to support the rapid growth of AWS in Spain
and around the world.
Customers and partners looking to learn more about AWS in Spain
should visit aws.amazon.com/es/local/spain.
About Amazon Web Services
For 13 years, Amazon Web Services has been the world’s most
comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. AWS offers over
165 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases,
networking, analytics, robotics, machine learning and artificial
intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security,
hybrid, virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR), media, and
application development, deployment, and management from 69
Availability Zones (AZs) within 22 geographic regions, with
announced plans for 13 more Availability Zones and four more AWS
Regions in Indonesia, Italy, South Africa, and Spain. Millions of
customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest
enterprises, and leading government agencies—trust AWS to power
their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs. To learn
more about AWS, visit aws.amazon.com.
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