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Korea Herald
22-06-2025
- Business
- Korea Herald
SK Group teams up with AWS for Korea's largest W7tr AI data center
Set to launch in 2027, the mega project marks the largest corporate investment since President Lee Jae Myung took office SK Group said Sunday it has signed a partnership agreement with Amazon Web Services to expand cloud infrastructure in Korea by jointly building an artificial intelligence data center in Ulsan. SK plans to invest 7 trillion won ($5.1 billion), including $4 billion raised through investment from AWS. It is scheduled to begin operations by 2027 and generate up to 78,000 direct and indirect jobs as operations expand. Once completed, the facility will be Korea's largest AI infrastructure, powered by 60,000 graphics processing units and with a power capacity of 103 megawatts. SK will lead the construction of the data center while AWS will establish a new AI zone in Ulsan, delivering a broad selection of AWS' leading AI and cloud capabilities to customers in Korea. Ulsan is considered the optimal location for the establishment of the AI zone, as SK possesses a stable gas supply network, advanced energy solutions and ideal sites in the region. Additionally, the city offers a favorable environment for submarine cables and is highly supportive of industrial activities. The AI zone will combine industry-leading capabilities from the two companies through a 15-year partnership to provide top-tier network operations, a semiconductor supply chain and efficient power infrastructure. The partnership is in addition to AWS' long-term $5.88 billion planned investment in Korea through 2027. 'When SK Group's exceptional technical capabilities combine with AWS' comprehensive AI cloud services, we'll empower customers of all sizes, across all industries here in Korea to build and innovate with safe, secure AI technologies,' said Prasad Kalyanaraman, vice president of infrastructure services at AWS. 'This partnership represents our commitment to Korea's AI future, and I couldn't be more excited about what we'll achieve together.' SK and AWS are expanding their strategic partnership to pursue wide-ranging collaborations that will benefit customers, giving them the ability to meet the growing demand for generative AI with compute, storage, database and edge computing capabilities. The new cloud infrastructure is a part of the AI Infrastructure Superhighway strategy announced last year by SK Telecom, which is involved in AI initiatives within the Group. SK expects to establish a key hub for hyperscale AI infrastructure through the superhighway project. It plans to enhance data sovereignty and strengthen its global competitiveness in AI by processing AI workloads generated in Korea directly within the country. 'We are pleased to combine the technological capabilities of SK Group with AWS, the world's leading cloud provider, to establish a core infrastructure for a Korean AI ecosystem and create a powerful new engine for 'AI highway,'" said Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group. SK and AWS held a signing ceremony to launch a project to build an AI data center on Friday in Ulsan with President Lee Jae Myung in attendance. Lee vowed full-scale support for AI to create a new growth engine. 'The new government will make every effort to actively support Korea in adopting AI as a new national growth engine so that the country can once again leap forward as a dynamic, growing nation,' the president said.
Korea Herald
22-06-2025
- Business
- Korea Herald
SK teams up with AWS for Korea's largest W7tr AI data center
Set to launch in 2027, the mega project marks the largest corporate investment since President Lee Jae Myung took office SK Group said Sunday it has signed a partnership agreement with Amazon Web Services to expand cloud infrastructure in Korea by jointly building an artificial intelligence data center in Ulsan. SK plans to invest 7 trillion won ($5.1 billion), including $4 billion raised through investment from AWS. It is scheduled to begin operations by 2027 and generate up to 78,000 direct and indirect jobs as operations expand. Once completed, the facility will be Korea's largest AI infrastructure, powered by 60,000 graphics processing units and with a power capacity of 103 megawatts. SK will lead the construction of the data center while AWS will establish a new AI zone in Ulsan, delivering a broad selection of AWS' leading AI and cloud capabilities to customers in Korea. Ulsan is considered the optimal location for the establishment of the AI zone, as SK possesses a stable gas supply network, advanced energy solutions and ideal sites in the region. Additionally, the city offers a favorable environment for submarine cables and is highly supportive of industrial activities. The AI zone will combine industry-leading capabilities from the two companies through a 15-year partnership to provide top-tier network operations, a semiconductor supply chain and efficient power infrastructure. The partnership is in addition to AWS' long-term $5.88 billion planned investment in Korea through 2027. 'When SK Group's exceptional technical capabilities combine with AWS' comprehensive AI cloud services, we'll empower customers of all sizes, across all industries here in Korea to build and innovate with safe, secure AI technologies,' said Prasad Kalyanaraman, vice president of infrastructure services at AWS. 'This partnership represents our commitment to Korea's AI future, and I couldn't be more excited about what we'll achieve together.' SK and AWS are expanding their strategic partnership to pursue wide-ranging collaborations that will benefit customers, giving them the ability to meet the growing demand for generative AI with compute, storage, database and edge computing capabilities. The new cloud infrastructure is a part of the AI Infrastructure Superhighway strategy announced last year by SK Telecom, which is involved in AI initiatives within the Group. SK expects to establish a key hub for hyperscale AI infrastructure through the superhighway project. It plans to enhance data sovereignty and strengthen its global competitiveness in AI by processing AI workloads generated in Korea directly within the country. 'We are pleased to combine the technological capabilities of SK Group with AWS, the world's leading cloud provider, to establish a core infrastructure for a Korean AI ecosystem and create a powerful new engine for 'AI highway,'" said Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group. SK and AWS held a signing ceremony to launch a project to build an AI data center on Friday in Ulsan with President Lee Jae Myung in attendance. Lee vowed full-scale support for AI to create a new growth engine. 'The new government will make every effort to actively support Korea in adopting AI as a new national growth engine so that the country can once again leap forward as a dynamic, growing nation,' the president said.
Time of India
06-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Amazon has a ‘$5 billion plan' to meet Asia's growing cloud demand
Amazon has announced a plan to invest more than $5 billion to meet Asia's growing demand for cloud services. The investment will be focused on the Taipei region of Taiwan. According to a report by the news agency Reuters, the company has launched its Amazon Web Services (AWS) Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region. This investment is designated to support the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of its data centres in Taiwan, Reuters reports. This investment is expected to improve the local economy and deliver advanced cloud solutions to businesses throughout Asia, Reuters noted. What the company said about the investment In a statement to BreakingTheNews, Prasad Kalyanaraman, vice president of Infrastructure Services at AWS, said: 'The new AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region will enable organisations of all sizes to build and scale with confidence using our comprehensive suite of cloud services, ranging from foundational compute and storage to advanced analytics and artificial intelligence, all while meeting local data residency requirements.' As per IndexBox data, the cloud computing market in Asia is likely to grow substantially, with Taiwan playing a pivotal role in the region's digital transformation. Amazon's strategic move seems to aim to tap into this rising demand by providing scalable and secure cloud services to a wide array of industries. Statista's data claims that revenue from the public cloud market in Asia is expected to hit US$169.29 billion in 2025. The market is predicted to grow at an average rate of 19.34% per year between 2025 and 2029, reaching a total value of US$343.33 billion by 2029, as per Statista. Amazon's latest investment will expand AWS' footprint in Taiwan, where it has maintained a presence since at least 2014. AWS plays a key role in advancing Amazon's artificial intelligence initiatives and is a leading provider of the computing power required to run AI models. In addition to its core e-commerce business, AWS is a significant revenue contributor for Amazon and has seen strong growth over the past two years, driven by rising demand for AI capabilities. Stay ready with these 7 essential medical gadgets as COVID cases rise AI Masterclass for Students. Upskill Young Ones Today!– Join Now
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Amazon Launches Infrastructure Region in Taiwan
The AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region gives customers more choice to run workloads and securely store data in Taiwan while serving end users with even lower latency Active customers in Taiwan include 104 Corporation, 91APP, Acer, Cathay Financial Holdings, Chunghwa Telecom, CyberLink, Gamania Group, KKCompany, Modernity Financial Technologies (MaiCoin), Trend Micro, TSMC, Yahoo! TW Ecommerce, and many others innovating on AWS Amazon plans to invest more than $5 billion in Taiwan to support the new Region SEATTLE, June 06, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced the launch of the AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region. The new AWS Region will give developers, startups, entrepreneurs, and enterprises, as well as education, entertainment, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and nonprofit organizations, greater choice for running their applications and serving end users from AWS data centers located in Taiwan, ensuring that customers who want to keep their content onshore can do so. As part of its long-term commitment, Amazon is planning to invest more than $5 billion to support the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of its data centers in Taiwan. For more information about AWS Global Infrastructure, visit "The new AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region will enable organizations of all sizes to build and scale with confidence using our comprehensive suite of cloud services, ranging from foundational compute and storage to advanced analytics and artificial intelligence, all while meeting local data residency requirements," said Prasad Kalyanaraman, vice president of Infrastructure Services at AWS. "Organizations across Taiwan, and across Asia Pacific, can now leverage the same global infrastructure that millions of businesses worldwide rely on, while benefitting from single-digit millisecond latency, to accelerate innovation, increase operational efficiency, drive business growth, and deliver better experiences for their end users." "We appreciate the launch of the AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region, which shows Amazon's strong commitment to Taiwan," said Mr. Jung-tai Cho, Premier of Taiwan. "This investment also recognizes Taiwan as a pivotal partner in the global supply chain, and demonstrates the solid foundation of the collaboration between AWS and Taiwan. We are pleased to see AWS deepen its joint efforts with the Taiwan government and the industry to accelerate digital transformation and promote cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies. We look forward to contributing to fostering a robust digital ecosystem together to advance the technological innovation globally." The AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region consists of three Availability Zones at launch, giving AWS 117 Availability Zones across 37 AWS Regions globally. With today's announcement, AWS has plans for 13 more Availability Zones and four more AWS Regions in Chile, New Zealand, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. The AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region is sovereign-by-design, just as the AWS Cloud has been since day one. AWS offers the broadest and deepest portfolio of services, including analytics, compute, content delivery, database, generative AI, machine learning, networking, storage, and other cloud technologies. To support the growth in cloud adoption across Asia Pacific, Amazon continues to invest in upskilling students, local developers and technical professionals, nontechnical professionals, and the next generation of IT leaders in Taiwan through offerings like AWS Academy, AWS Educate, and AWS Skill Builder. Since 2017, Amazon has trained more than nine million people across Asia Pacific and Japan on cloud skills, including more than 200,000 people in Taiwan. As part of its commitment to contribute to the development of digital skills, AWS plans to hire and develop additional local personnel to operate and support the new AWS Region in Taiwan. Organizations in Taiwan that choose AWS to run their workloads include 104 Corporation, 91APP, Acer, Cathay Financial Holdings, Chunghwa Telecom, CyberLink, Gamania Group, KKCompany, Modernity Financial Technologies (MaiCoin), Trend Micro, TSMC, Yahoo! TW Ecommerce, and more. AWS Partners in Taiwan include CKmates, eCloudvalley Digital Technology Group, Going Cloud, MetaAge Corporation, Netron Ltd., NextLink Technology, and more. For the full list of AWS Partners, visit Amazon is committed to becoming a more sustainable business and reaching net-zero carbon across its operations by 2040, 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement, as part of The Climate Pledge. Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge and became its first signatory in 2019. Amazon investment in Taiwan The AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region is the latest in ongoing investments by Amazon in Taiwan to provide customers with advanced and secure cloud technologies. In 2014, AWS launched an Amazon CloudFront edge location in Taipei, followed by an additional location in 2018. Amazon CloudFront is a highly secure and programmable content delivery network that accelerates the delivery of data, videos, applications, and APIs to users worldwide with low latency and high transfer speeds. In 2018, AWS established two AWS Direct Connect locations in Taipei, allowing customers to establish private connectivity between AWS and their data center, office, or colocation environment. With the launch of the Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region, AWS will establish an additional AWS Direct Connect location in Taipei. In 2020, AWS launched AWS Outposts in Taiwan. AWS Outposts is a family of fully managed solutions delivering AWS infrastructure and services to virtually any on-premises or edge location for a truly consistent hybrid experience. In 2022, AWS expanded its infrastructure footprint in Taiwan by launching AWS Local Zones in Taipei. AWS Local Zones are a type of AWS infrastructure deployment that places compute, storage, database, and other select services closer to large populations, industry, and IT centers, enabling customers to deliver applications that require single-digit millisecond latency to end users. Secure, reliable, and energy-efficient cloud infrastructure AWS Regions consist of Availability Zones that place infrastructure in separate and distinct geographic locations. Availability Zones are 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. AWS is constantly working on ways to increase the energy efficiency of its data centers—optimizing data center design, investing in purpose-built chips, and innovating with new cooling technologies. A report by Accenture, commissioned by AWS, estimates AWS's infrastructure is up to 4.1 times more efficient than on-premises, and when workloads are optimized on AWS, the associated carbon footprint can be reduced by up to 99%. For more information about AWS sustainability efforts, visit The AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region will enable customers with data residency preferences or requirements to store their content securely in Taiwan, enable customers to achieve even lower latency, and serve demand for cloud services across Asia Pacific. Customers from startups to enterprises to government organizations and nonprofits will be able to use advanced technologies from the world's leading cloud to drive innovation. About Amazon Web Services Since 2006, Amazon Web Services has been the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud. AWS has been continually expanding its services to support virtually any workload, and it now has more than 240 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, media, and application development, deployment, and management from 117 Availability Zones within 37 geographic regions, with announced plans for 13 more Availability Zones and four more AWS Regions in Chile, New Zealand, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs. To learn more about AWS, visit About Amazon Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Amazon strives to be Earth's Most Customer-Centric Company, Earth's Best Employer, and Earth's Safest Place to Work. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Career Choice, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, Alexa, Just Walk Out technology, Amazon Studios, and The Climate Pledge are some of the things pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit and follow @AmazonNews. View source version on Contacts HotlineAmazon-pr@ Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Amazon Launches Infrastructure Region in Taiwan
The AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region gives customers more choice to run workloads and securely store data in Taiwan while serving end users with even lower latency Active customers in Taiwan include 104 Corporation, 91APP, Acer, Cathay Financial Holdings, Chunghwa Telecom, CyberLink, Gamania Group, KKCompany, Modernity Financial Technologies (MaiCoin), Trend Micro, TSMC, Yahoo! TW Ecommerce, and many others innovating on AWS Amazon plans to invest more than $5 billion in Taiwan to support the new Region SEATTLE, June 06, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced the launch of the AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region. The new AWS Region will give developers, startups, entrepreneurs, and enterprises, as well as education, entertainment, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and nonprofit organizations, greater choice for running their applications and serving end users from AWS data centers located in Taiwan, ensuring that customers who want to keep their content onshore can do so. As part of its long-term commitment, Amazon is planning to invest more than $5 billion to support the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of its data centers in Taiwan. For more information about AWS Global Infrastructure, visit "The new AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region will enable organizations of all sizes to build and scale with confidence using our comprehensive suite of cloud services, ranging from foundational compute and storage to advanced analytics and artificial intelligence, all while meeting local data residency requirements," said Prasad Kalyanaraman, vice president of Infrastructure Services at AWS. "Organizations across Taiwan, and across Asia Pacific, can now leverage the same global infrastructure that millions of businesses worldwide rely on, while benefitting from single-digit millisecond latency, to accelerate innovation, increase operational efficiency, drive business growth, and deliver better experiences for their end users." "We appreciate the launch of the AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region, which shows Amazon's strong commitment to Taiwan," said Mr. Jung-tai Cho, Premier of Taiwan. "This investment also recognizes Taiwan as a pivotal partner in the global supply chain, and demonstrates the solid foundation of the collaboration between AWS and Taiwan. We are pleased to see AWS deepen its joint efforts with the Taiwan government and the industry to accelerate digital transformation and promote cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies. We look forward to contributing to fostering a robust digital ecosystem together to advance the technological innovation globally." The AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region consists of three Availability Zones at launch, giving AWS 117 Availability Zones across 37 AWS Regions globally. With today's announcement, AWS has plans for 13 more Availability Zones and four more AWS Regions in Chile, New Zealand, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. The AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region is sovereign-by-design, just as the AWS Cloud has been since day one. AWS offers the broadest and deepest portfolio of services, including analytics, compute, content delivery, database, generative AI, machine learning, networking, storage, and other cloud technologies. To support the growth in cloud adoption across Asia Pacific, Amazon continues to invest in upskilling students, local developers and technical professionals, nontechnical professionals, and the next generation of IT leaders in Taiwan through offerings like AWS Academy, AWS Educate, and AWS Skill Builder. Since 2017, Amazon has trained more than nine million people across Asia Pacific and Japan on cloud skills, including more than 200,000 people in Taiwan. As part of its commitment to contribute to the development of digital skills, AWS plans to hire and develop additional local personnel to operate and support the new AWS Region in Taiwan. Organizations in Taiwan that choose AWS to run their workloads include 104 Corporation, 91APP, Acer, Cathay Financial Holdings, Chunghwa Telecom, CyberLink, Gamania Group, KKCompany, Modernity Financial Technologies (MaiCoin), Trend Micro, TSMC, Yahoo! TW Ecommerce, and more. AWS Partners in Taiwan include CKmates, eCloudvalley Digital Technology Group, Going Cloud, MetaAge Corporation, Netron Ltd., NextLink Technology, and more. For the full list of AWS Partners, visit Amazon is committed to becoming a more sustainable business and reaching net-zero carbon across its operations by 2040, 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement, as part of The Climate Pledge. Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge and became its first signatory in 2019. Amazon investment in Taiwan The AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region is the latest in ongoing investments by Amazon in Taiwan to provide customers with advanced and secure cloud technologies. In 2014, AWS launched an Amazon CloudFront edge location in Taipei, followed by an additional location in 2018. Amazon CloudFront is a highly secure and programmable content delivery network that accelerates the delivery of data, videos, applications, and APIs to users worldwide with low latency and high transfer speeds. In 2018, AWS established two AWS Direct Connect locations in Taipei, allowing customers to establish private connectivity between AWS and their data center, office, or colocation environment. With the launch of the Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region, AWS will establish an additional AWS Direct Connect location in Taipei. In 2020, AWS launched AWS Outposts in Taiwan. AWS Outposts is a family of fully managed solutions delivering AWS infrastructure and services to virtually any on-premises or edge location for a truly consistent hybrid experience. In 2022, AWS expanded its infrastructure footprint in Taiwan by launching AWS Local Zones in Taipei. AWS Local Zones are a type of AWS infrastructure deployment that places compute, storage, database, and other select services closer to large populations, industry, and IT centers, enabling customers to deliver applications that require single-digit millisecond latency to end users. Secure, reliable, and energy-efficient cloud infrastructure AWS Regions consist of Availability Zones that place infrastructure in separate and distinct geographic locations. Availability Zones are 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. AWS is constantly working on ways to increase the energy efficiency of its data centers—optimizing data center design, investing in purpose-built chips, and innovating with new cooling technologies. A report by Accenture, commissioned by AWS, estimates AWS's infrastructure is up to 4.1 times more efficient than on-premises, and when workloads are optimized on AWS, the associated carbon footprint can be reduced by up to 99%. For more information about AWS sustainability efforts, visit The AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region will enable customers with data residency preferences or requirements to store their content securely in Taiwan, enable customers to achieve even lower latency, and serve demand for cloud services across Asia Pacific. Customers from startups to enterprises to government organizations and nonprofits will be able to use advanced technologies from the world's leading cloud to drive innovation. About Amazon Web Services Since 2006, Amazon Web Services has been the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud. AWS has been continually expanding its services to support virtually any workload, and it now has more than 240 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, media, and application development, deployment, and management from 117 Availability Zones within 37 geographic regions, with announced plans for 13 more Availability Zones and four more AWS Regions in Chile, New Zealand, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs. To learn more about AWS, visit About Amazon Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Amazon strives to be Earth's Most Customer-Centric Company, Earth's Best Employer, and Earth's Safest Place to Work. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Career Choice, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, Alexa, Just Walk Out technology, Amazon Studios, and The Climate Pledge are some of the things pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit and follow @AmazonNews. View source version on Contacts HotlineAmazon-pr@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
