AWS flicks the switch on an Indonesian region

Amazon Web Services has a new region for its cloudy customers to consider – in Indonesia. The AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region has three availability zones, meaning the cloud colossus has created three geographically isolated locations. Which is a very good idea because Jakarta, Indonesia's capital city, is sinking. …

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Good to see more regional coverage.

It's great to see more regional coverage. I'd even be happy if AWS just had some edge locations in the area. i wonder if this was a result of demand or just matching competition. Alicloud just opened the first superscalar cloud service in Manila, and hopefully local initiatives will see others come soon as well. Anyway, it is proof that the area is becoming quite hot for tech.