Amazon To Invest $2.8 Billion To Build Its Second Data Center Region in India

Amazon will invest about $2.8 billion in Telangana to set up a new AWS Cloud region in the southern state of India, a top Indian politician announced on Friday. From a report: The investment will allow Amazon to launch an AWS Cloud region in Hyderabad by mid-2022, said K. T. Rama Rao, Minister for Information Technology, Electronics & Communications, Municipal Administration and Urban Development and Industries & Commerce Departments, Government of Telangana. The new AWS Asia Region will be Amazon's second infrastructure region in India, Amazon said in a press release. It did not disclose the size of the investment. [...] There is a lot in it for Amazon as well. Jayanth Kolla, chief analyst at consultancy firm Convergence Catalyst, told TechCrunch that by having more cloud regions in India, it will be easier for Amazon to comply with the nation's data localization policy. This compliance will also help Amazon, which currently leads the cloud market in India, attract more customers.

India has strict laws requiring data centers

[rsilvergun]

be in India. Wish we could get the same laws here in the States.

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[Seven Spirals]

We do have a few, but I doubt they help much. Some health and finance laws are geography specific, but one needs to be a lawyer to figure out how to litigate such a situation.

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[jellomizer]

By doing this in the states you will be considered either a Communist or an Xenophobe from the people who are political against you. Or you will be Pro-Local Capitalism and Support expanding jobs for the people who are political for you.

However a company like Amazon will find the State that is willing to Bend over the furthest for the honor of them operating in their jurisdiction. Often it comes down to the case their Value to the Local Economy is negated by the expense and government support, infrastruct

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[ArchieBunker]

Is it racist to want a curry free microwave at work?

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[junglee_iitk]

It is not racist to want a clean and odorless microwave.

It is racist to emphasize it is curry.

Next question.

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[Cyberax]

be in India. Wish we could get the same laws here in the States.

It's pretty much a moot point in the US, as all the large companies' datacenters that serve the US are located in the US. It's just not cost-effective or efficient to put the servers across the oceans.

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[r1348]

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here, AWS has by far the most regions in the US...

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[timeOday]

Why? I want the freedom to use services from wherever, and artificial boundaries stifle efficiency and innovation. And again, why? All the people who can have a direct negative impact on my life live here in the USA.

Another great reason to stop buying from Amazon

[Seven Spirals]

I shop on Amazon, fill up my cart, then go to Ebay to buy it all from domestic vendors. Shame I find all domestic items to buy, but I'm doing what I can. I feel like Ebay sellers are a lot more like me than Jeff Bezos.

Nice location for an underwater Datacenter

[ITShaman]

I guess Amazon has not been checking the local weather forecasts... https://scroll.in/article/9775... [scroll.in]

Competing with Reliance Jio is the main motivation

[romit_icarus]

Reliance Jio is the big digital player in India, much because it is close to the current government and an ally in treating data strategically for national interests. In order to stay competitive, Amazon needs to set up India data centres to keep data local.

How Does it Increase Cloud Customers

[Pammy0516]

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