Amazon, particularly the Amazon Web Services (AWS), announced that they will be building local data centers across the Asia-Pacific (APAC), which includes Manila.
Other than the Philippines, Amazon also plans to put up AWS Local Zones in Brisbane and Perth in Australia; Bengaluru, Delhi, Chennai, and Kolkata in India; Hanoi, Vietnam; and Auckland, New Zealand. The said countries will be added to the 22 upcoming AWS Local Zones that will be built in 20 additional countries in the next two years.
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If you’re curious, AWS Local Zones are data centers that can handle computing, database, storage, and other Amazon services so they are closer to a big population and industries that need them.
These local zones enable consumer services like live video streaming, remote gaming, content creation, augmented and virtual reality, and more.
In a statement, a DICT exec said: “DICT commits to fully implementing the Philippine Cloud-First Policy across all government agencies in the country, in-line with our efforts to maximize and harmonize the use of ICT in government. Cloud computing offers benefits such as access to global solutions and up-to-date cybersecurity. It also fosters innovation, scalability, security, and cost-efficiency among users.”
Local zones are usually rented space in an existing data center and not actual Amazon property. It will be great to have, and it says a lot about the facilities available here now. This is how we have local Alicloud without an actual Ali data center build.