Amazon Web Services(AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company, announced the launch of the AWS Mexico(Central) Region. Starting today, developers, startups, entrepreneurs, and enterprises, as well as government, education, and nonprofit organizations, will have greater choice for running their applications and serving end users from AWS data centers located in Mexico. 

As part of its long-term commitment, AWS is planning to invest more than $5 billion in Mexico over 15 years. AWS has also launched a $300,000 AWS InCommunities Fund in Queretaro to help local groups, schools, and organizations initiate new community projects. 

AWS estimates the construction and ongoing operation of the new AWS Region will add approximately $10 billion to Mexico’s gross domestic product(GDP) and support an average of more than 7,000 full-time equivalent jobs at external businesses annually. 

These jobs, including construction, facility maintenance, engineering, telecommunications, and others within the country’s broader economy, will be part of the AWS supply chain in Mexico.

“This launch marks a significant step as we continue to expand our infrastructure and deliver global innovation in machine learning(ML), artificial intelligence(AI), and other advanced technologies for our customers,” said Prasad Kalyanaraman, vice president of Infrastructure Services at AWS. 

“With access to secure and reliable infrastructure, along with a broad set of AWS technologies, this new AWS Region will help businesses across Mexico sit at the center of AI and ML innovation. We’re proud to deepen our investment in Mexico to help support business transformation, foster technology talent, build cloud skills, and create opportunities for economic growth.”

“Today’s launch represents a significant milestone in Mexico’s digital transformation journey. The AWS investment of more than $5 billion will both strengthen Mexico's technology infrastructure and unlock new opportunities for innovation, economic growth, digital inclusion, and job creation,” said Marcelo Ebrard, Mexican secretary of Economy. 

“With the AWS Mexico(Central) Region, Mexican businesses, entrepreneurs, governments, startups, and civil society will have access to cutting-edge technologies, enabling them to scale their operations, enhance their competitiveness, and drive the development of innovative solutions. We welcome this investment from AWS and look forward to ongoing collaboration that helps foster a vibrant and sustainable digital ecosystem in Mexico.”

With the AWS Mexico(Central) Region, AWS has 114 Availability Zones across 36 geographic regions, with announced plans to launch 12 more Availability Zones and four more AWS Regions in New Zealand, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, and the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. 

AWS Regions are composed of Availability Zones that place infrastructure in separate and distinct geographic locations. The AWS Mexico(Central) Region consists of three Availability Zones located far enough from each other to support customers’ business continuity, but near enough to provide low latency for high availability applications that use multiple Availability Zones. 

Each Availability Zone has independent power, cooling, and physical security and is connected through redundant, ultra-low-latency networks. AWS customers focused on high availability can design their applications to run in multiple Availability Zones to achieve even greater fault tolerance.

The AWS Mexico(Central) Region will enable customers with data residency preferences to store their content securely in Mexico, enable customers to achieve even lower latency, and serve demand for cloud services across Latin America. 

AWS offers the broadest and deepest portfolio of services, including analytics, compute, database, IoT, generative AI, machine learning, mobile services, storage, and other cloud technologies. 

Customers from startups and enterprises to public sector organizations and nonprofits will be able to use advanced technologies from the world’s leading cloud provider to drive innovation, reduce costs, and accelerate transformation.