Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced on Friday that it will invest about $15.24 billion to expand its cloud infrastructure in Japan through 2027 to meet growing customer demand for cloud services.
The company made its generative AI service Amazon Bedrock available in the Tokyo region of Japan last year, while investing $100 million to launch a new global program called the Generative AI Innovation Center.
The investment in Japan will be used to expand the cloud service provider's infrastructure in the country, particularly facilities in Osaka and Tokyo, the company said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Google has announced a $1 billion investment in a new UK data center that will drive AI innovation and support Google Cloud customers in the region. It will be Google's first data center in the UK.
“This new data center will help us meet the growing demand for AI and cloud services and will provide critical computing capacity to businesses across the UK while creating construction and engineering jobs for the local community,” said Ruth Porat, CFO of Alphabet and Google. The company has been in the UK for two decades and employs around 7,000 people in the country.
The data center will cover 33 hectares in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, near London, and comes at a time when the UK is trying to be at the forefront of technology.
“The UK is a great place to invest, and Google's $1 billion investment is proof that the UK is a technology hub and has huge growth potential,” UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in a press release.
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