In a courtesy call in Malacañang, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met with Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) executives over a proposed investment in the Philippines. Among the plans is establishing an AWS Region in the country, which could bring up to USD 5 billion (or about PHP 300 billion) in investments over the next 15 years.
AWS – Digital Infrastructure Investment in PH
If the investment pushes through, it is expected to strengthen the country’s digital infrastructure, create thousands of high-value jobs, and provide local organizations and companies with faster, more secure, and more reliable cloud services running within the country. For Amazon, this will help expand its presence in the country.
Setting up an AWS Region includes multiple physically separate facilities known as Availability Zones. A Region is a cluster of data centers that would provide cloud computing services like computing, storage, databases, analytics, and AI tools directly from the country.
This aligns with Marcos’ push to accelerate digital transformation, to position the country as a regional hub for digital infrastructure.
Currently, the Philippines hosts a Local Zone in Manila, which provides low-latency computing for selected services. This, however, depends on the parent Singapore Region and offers a subset of the company’s services.
The proposed investment in the country comes as AWS continues to expand its cloud operations in the region. It already has Regions in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Additionally, it has shared its plans to invest in cloud and AI infrastructure throughout the region
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