Amazon Web Services to open new infrastructure region in New Zealand

According to an AWS economic impact study (EIS), the new AWS Asia Pacific (Auckland) Region will create 1,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs through an investment of USD 5.3 billion over the next 15 years.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced plans to open a new data center region in Aotearoa, New Zealand by 2024. The new AWS Region will allow customers to run workloads and securely store data locally while serving end-users with even lower latency.

The new AWS Asia Pacific (Auckland) Region will join the existing 81 Availability Zones across 25 geographic AWS Regions around the world. It will be owned and operated by a local AWS entity in New Zealand.

At launch, the new AWS Region will have three Availability Zones (AZs), with each having an independent power, cooling, and physical security, and is connected through redundant, ultra-low-latency networks.

According to an AWS economic impact study (EIS), the new AWS Asia Pacific (Auckland) Region will create 1,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs through an investment of USD 5.3 billion over the next 15 years. The study estimates that spending on construction and operation of AWS infrastructure in New Zealand will increase the country's GDP by approximately USD 7.7 billion.

"We are excited to build new world-class infrastructure locally, train New Zealanders with in-demand digital skills, and continue to help local organizations deliver applications that accelerate digital transformation and fuel economic growth," said Prasad Kalyanaraman, Vice President of Infrastructure Services, AWS.

AWS has announced plans for 24 more Availability Zones and 8 more AWS Regions in Australia, India, Indonesia, Israel, Spain, Switzerland, and United Arab Emirates (UAE) the new AWS Region in New Zealand.