Amazon’s AWS to invest US$10 billion for two data centres in Mississippi

AMAZON.COM’S AWS said on Thursday (Jan 25) it plans to invest US$10 billion to build two data centre complexes in Mississippi, its latest capacity expansion amid growing demand for cloud services as more firms adopt new artificial intelligence technologies.

Businesses are doubling down on artificial intelligence development and majority of that traffic is expected to be managed on the cloud infrastructure from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud and Microsoft’s Azure – the top three vendors globally.

AWS’ Mississippi expansion plan comes days after it announced a more than US$15 billion investment in Japan, and Google’s move to set up a data centre just outside of London for US$1 billion.

In coordination with the Madison County Economic Development Authority, AWS will establish multiple data centre units in two Madison County industrial parks, which is projected to create at least 1,000 new jobs in the state, Amazon said.

Amazon said it has invested US$2.3 billion in the state since 2010 to build its infrastructure including five fulfilment and sortation centres. REUTERS