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Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) on Wednesday said that its cloud computing unit, Amazon Web Services, will launch an AWS Infrastructure Region in Taiwan by early 2025.
The new AWS region would consist of three Availability Zones at launch, adding to AWS’s existing 105 Availability Zones across 33 geographic regions globally,
The e-commerce giant added that AWS plans to launch 21 more Availability Zones and seven more AWS Regions in Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, and the AWS European Sovereign Cloud.
AWS Regions consist of Availability Zones that place infrastructure in separate and distinct geographic locations.
As part of its long-term commitments, AWS is planning to invest billions of dollars in Taiwan over the next 15 years, Amazon said.
“The AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region will enable customers with data residency preferences or requirements to store their content securely in Taiwan to achieve even lower latency, and serve demand for cloud services across Asia Pacific,” the company added.