Amazon is opening cloud regions in Southeast Asia to meet customer demand, CTO says

Amazon is opening cloud regions in Southeast Asia in response to customer demand for localized data storage. Werner Vogels, Amazon’s CTO, highlighted the importance of having on-site technologies to meet customers’ data storage requirements and protection of personal identifiable information. Amazon Web Services (AWS) was the largest cloud service provider in Q4 2021, accounting for 31% of total cloud spending. AWS regions offer secure data centers and redundant networks, attracting not only startups but also big enterprises and government agencies. Vogels emphasized that security is a top priority for AWS.