Amazon Web Services has announced the launch of its second Region in the Middle East, the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region hoping that developers, start-ups, entrepreneurs, and enterprises, as well as government, education, and non-profit organizations will have even greater choice for running their applications and serving end users from data centers located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

AWS estimates that its projected spending on the construction and operation of the new Region will support an average of nearly 6,000 full-time jobs annually at external vendors, with a planned $5 billion (AED 20 billion) investment in the local economy through 2036.

Prasad Kalyanaraman, vice president of Infrastructure Services at AWS said, “with the launch of the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region, we are making it possible for even more customers to harness the power of the cloud to drive innovation across the UAE, while also investing in the local economy through job creation, training for highly sought-after technology skills, and education resources to further advance the UAE’s strategic priorities.”

“The opening of the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region is a significant milestone for Abu Dhabi and the UAE as a whole, reflecting our efforts to generate opportunities for all,” said His Excellency Mohamed Ali Al Shorafa, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development.

The AWS Middle East (UAE) Region consists of three Availability Zones and joins the existing AWS Middle East (Bahrain) Region, which opened in July 2019. Availability Zones are located far enough from each other to support customers’ business continuity, but near enough to provide low latency for high-availability applications that use multiple Availability Zones. Each Availability Zone has independent power, cooling, and physical security and is connected through redundant, ultra-low latency networks.

Al Ghurair Investments, Al Tayer Group, Aramex, Axiom Telecom, Flydubai, Gulf News, and OSN are among the enterprises that have chosen AWS.