K M Dayashankar
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Hyderabad an integral part of AWS growth strategy, says Kerry Person
Highly successful talks, expect massive expansion in future: D Sridhar Babu
HYDERABAD, AUGUST 11, 2024: Amazon Inc, has expressed keen interest in significant investments in expanding its data centre facilities and workforce in Hyderabad.
After meeting with a team of Amazon senior leadership, led by Kerry Person, Vice President, AWS Data Centre Planning and Delivery, the Telangana delegation led by IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu, convinced Amazon to give a stronger thrust to their data centre operations in Telangana.
Amazon already has a strong presence in Telangana which includes their largest corporate building in the world in Hyderabad. Amazon launched its dedicated air cargo network ‘Amazon Air’ in Hyderabad in 2023.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has designated Hyderabad as a strategic region and three big data centres are already operational. They shared plans for further expanding their business, including a new hyperscale data centre in Hyderabad that is critical for AI/ML-enabled services.
Minister Sridhar Babu, who led the discussions for the state, said, “Our talks with Amazon were extremely positive and successful. We assured the corporation that we would provide them with the best incentives and complete support to make their goals in Hyderabad successful. We expected huge expansion of their presence in our state.”
After the meeting, Kerry Person, Vice President of Data Center Planning and Delivery at Amazon Web Services, said, “I am excited by the opportunity to further expand our cloud infrastructure in Hyderabad, Telangana, as an integral component of AWS’s strategy in India. We expect the AWS Region in Hyderabad will play an increasingly important role in supporting AWS’s growth of cloud services in India, including Artificial Intelligence shortly. AWS is committed to contributing to Telangana’s digital ambitions, empowering our customers and partners across the State and country to drive towards India’s trillion-dollar digital economy goal.”
With the expansion of Amazon Web Services business in Telangana, the state is set to consolidate its position as a leading hub for the cloud and data centre infrastructure sector in India.
Amazon provides a range of cloud business services including computing, storage, databases, networking, machine learning, analytics, and other services, which will now also include AI.
Amazon, headquartered in Washington DC, USA, has a market capita of Over $1.89 trillion and has an over 1.5 million workforce across the globe.
