The first AWS region in Spainwhich is also the company’s eighth infrastructure region in Europe, it’s up and running, which gives one more option to companies, entities and people who want to run their applications and store their data and files in data centers located in Spain. In addition, the opening of this region estimates that between its construction and its operation, more than 1,300 full-time jobs have been created.
The company proposed an investment of 2,500 million euros over a decade for the construction and start-up of the AWS region. On the other hand, AWS estimates that with the new region 1,800 million euros will be added to Spain’s gross domestic product in 10 years. The company’s region in Spain is located in Aragon, an area for which the company has also launched an AWS InCommunities Fund, endowed with 150,000 euros, to help local groups, schools and organizations to start different impact projects in the local community.
With the launch of the AWS Europe (Spain) Region, AWS now has 93 Availability Zones in 29 geographic Regions. In addition, it has plans to open another 18 Availability Zones across six AWS Regions: Australia, Canada, India, Israel, New Zealand, and Thailand. The AWS Europe (Spain) Region has three Availability Zones, joining the seven AWS European Regions in Dublin, Stockholm, Frankfurt, London, Milan, Paris, and Zurich. These zones are far enough from each other to support customer business continuity, but close enough to provide low latency for highly available applications that use multiple Availability Zones.
Each Availability Zone has independent power, cooling, and physical security, and is connected by redundant, ultra-low latency networks. Additionally, customers developing GDPR-compliant applications will have access to another secure AWS Region in the EU. AWS is also certified by the High Level National Security Scheme (ENS). This indicates that its infrastructure meets high security levels, which makes it suitable for state agencies and public organizations in Spain.
Prasad Kalyanaraman, Vice President of Infrastructure Services at AWShas pointed out about the opening of the AWS region in Spain that «the The cloud enables organizations of all types and sizes to accelerate innovation, improve business processes, and reinvent the experiences of their customers and end users. We are delivering on our promise to build a new world-class local infrastructure to help customers in Spain achieve the highest levels of security, availability and resiliency. We are also proud to invest in Aragón and support community projects led by local schools and organizations. Our investment in the AWS Europe (Spain) Region reflects AWS’s long-term commitment to supporting the country’s economic development, job creation, and business growth.«.
For his part, he President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sanchezhas welcomedto investment in Spain by one of the world’s leading technology companies. The opening of the AWS Europe (Spain) Region is an important milestone that helps position our country as a leading digital economy«.
