AWS to Invest $15.24B in Japan's Cloud Computing Infrastructure

The investment aims to expand AI services and follows previous investments totaling 1.51 trillion yen.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to invest 2.26 trillion yen ($15.24 billion) in Japan by 2027 to expand its cloud computing infrastructure.
The investment is aimed at expanding the infrastructure that underpins artificial intelligence (AI) services, with new facilities planned in Tokyo and Osaka.
This investment follows 1.51 trillion yen spent from 2011 to 2022 to build up cloud capacity in Japan.
The move aligns with AWS's global expansion strategy, following a major expansion in Canada and a billion-dollar partnership with Anthropic in the AI arena.
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