Amazon: AWS to invest $15 billion in the cloud in Japan

(Boursier.com) — Amazon Web Services will invest 2.26 trillion yen or around $15 billion in Japan, by 2027, to expand its cloud computing infrastructure supporting artificial intelligence services, reports Reuters. The Amazon unit will invest in expanding its facilities in metropolitan Tokyo and Osaka to meet growing customer demand, said the group, which had already invested 1.51 trillion yen between 2011 and 2022 to expand its cloud capacity in Japan. AWS also indicated that it provides generative AI services to large customers in Japan, including Nomura and Asahi.