AWS may finally invest in land in New Zealand

AWS is considering creating a cloud region in New Zealand. The company just obtained the building permit. The Overseas Investment Office took care of it.

Focus on the new AWS cloud region in New Zealand

AWS’ interest in New Zealand is not new. In fact, in September 2021, the company revealed its intentions. It says it wants to open a cloud zone in the region by 2024.

The new infrastructure will allow for a total of three Availability Zones in the new Auckland Cloud District. This corresponds to financing $5.3 billion. After a long wait, the Office of Overseas Investment has finally approved AWS’ application for incorporation in New Zealand. Note that this is the entity that regulates the access of foreign investors to the country. AWS can then be pleased with this OIO decision.

OIO decision: very good news for the company

Tiffany Blomquist, a manager at Amazon Web Services New Zealand doesn’t fail to speak up on the subject. According to her, such a decision on the part of the OIO is critical for the company. This allows AWS toTo be closer ‘to saving cloud computing my world” in Aotearoa. The completion of the first phase is very good news in that it improves proximity to the company’s customers and partners.

In making its decision, the IIO highlighted the contributions of this new cloud region. With it, customers who import the cloud from AWS can choose on-premises data centers. They will no longer have to move to foreign infrastructure, whether to store and process data or run AWS applications and services.

AWS and its interests in New Zealand

Microsoft He was able to obtain OIO approval in 2020. Today, he can freely create his own Azure cloud region in New Zealand. The Google He is also very interested in this site. It also “launched a file New Point of Presence Immediately after the launch of the Google Certified Partners region in Melbourne, Australia. to AWSEarlier this year, it was reported that a new AWS infrastructure was announced in Auckland. This region supports International Edge. We have no more information on the opening schedule for this.