Amazon Web Services announces plan to launch second region in India

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon, announced on Friday the expansion of its services in India to include a second infrastructure region by mid-2022.

The new AWS Asia Region, which will consist of three Availability Zones at launch, will join the existing nine AWS Regions and 26 Availability Zones across Asia in India, Australia, Greater China, Japan, Korea, and Singapore, the company said.

The new AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region will enable more developers, startups, and enterprises as well as government, education, and non-profit organizations to run their applications and serve end-users from data centers located in India.

"Businesses in India are embracing cloud computing to reduce costs, increase agility, and enable rapid innovation to meet the needs of billions of customers in India and abroad," said Peter DeSantis, senior vice president of Global Infrastructure and Customer Support, Amazon Web Services. "Together with our AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region, we're providing customers with more flexibility and choice."

"We are pleased that AWS has chosen Telangana as the location for its second region in India. Hyderabad is an important talent hub for IT professionals and entrepreneurs, and with the increased adoption of cloud computing, we are set to see a transformation in the way businesses in south India harness the power of IT," said K.T. Rama Rao, minister for information technology, electronics & communications from the government of Telangana.

Globally, AWS has 77 Availability Zones across 24 infrastructure regions, with announced plans to launch 15 more Availability Zones and five more AWS Regions in India, Indonesia, Japan, Spain, and Switzerland.