AWS recently announced that it would announce the general availability of the Local Zones in Bangkok and Kolkata. The Local Zone will be used to deliver applications that require single-digit millisecond latency or local data processing. 

AWS Local Zones are a form of infrastructure deployment that places compute, storage, databases, and other chosen AWS services close to a large population and industrial centres. 

At the beginning of the year, AWS also announced the launch of Local Zones in Delhi in its plans to set up eight such zones outside the US. It adds to the local Zones AWS set up in several metro areas. Additionally, a few weeks ago, it announced its plans to set up a data centre in Hyderabad. 

Government, education, and non-profit organisations, along with startups and entrepreneurs, will be able to exercise greater choices for using Indian data centres to host apps and provide customer service. Guru Bala, head of solutions architecture at AWS Specialised Services, told AIM, “The project will give clients additional options and flexibility for secure data storage, more resilient workload execution, and faster service for end users.” 

Minister of State for Electronics & IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said recently that India is set to become a global cloud computing and data centre hub. The instalment of Local Zones further positions India strongly in this direction. 

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