Turnover: 85 billion EUR (2023)

Country: United States

AWS is a global leader in cloud computing services. The company is expected to exceed $20 billion worldwide, with growth estimated at 40% per year. The hosting business is AWS's main source of revenue of the Amazon group. [ nextimpact ]

The company currently has 40 data centers worldwide

AWS is present in France in the following cities and regions: Bordeaux, Côte d'Azur, Lille, Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes, Paris, Rennes, Strasbourg, Toulouse, and has 3 data centers in France

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Matt Garman, CEO of AWS: "AI's power requirements are becoming a real challenge" 13/09/2024

  • - The subsidiary accounts for 60% of the American giant's operating income.
  • - Only around 15% of corporate data flows are currently in the cloud worldwide.
  • - AWS is investing tens of billions of dollars in the construction of data centers worldwide.
    • - 9.5 billion euros for a five-year plan in the UK.
    • - 18 billion euros in Germany.
    • - Nearly 16 billion euros in Spain.
  • - AWS has invested $4 billion in Anthropic, a start-up that competes with OpenAI.
  • - The cost of inference (the use of generative AI by companies) has been divided by more than a hundred in the last two years.
  • - In March last year, Amazon bought a campus directly powered by a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania to build a data center.
  • - AWS will launch its European sovereign cloud offering from Germany by the end of 2025 with an investment of 7.8 billion euros.

Amazon steps up cloud investments in Germany 20/06/2024

  • Amazon plans to invest 10 billion euros in Germany by 2026 to develop data hosting services via AWS in the Rhine-Main region.
  • - 8.8 billion euros will be dedicated to cloud infrastructure and 1.2 billion euros to logistics, robotics and the creation of two headquarters.
  • - These investments are expected to create 4,000 new jobs in Germany, bringing the total to 40,000 by the end of the year.
  • - A further investment of 7.8 billion euros was announced for the establishment of a European "sovereign cloud" in the German state of Brandenburg by 2040.
  • - Amazon has a worldwide data hosting market share of 31%.
  • - Amazon has invested 15.7 billion euros in Spain to increase the capacity of its data centers in Aragon over a ten-year period.
  • - A €1.2 billion investment was announced for France at the latest Choose France summit, part of a €6 billion commitment over the 2017-2031 period.

Data center: Amazon to invest €15 billion in Spain 23/05/2024

  • - Amazon announces an investment of 15.7 billion euros over ten years to increase the capacity of its data centers in Aragon, Spain.
  • - 17,500 indirect jobs to be created
  • - Amazon also announced investments of 1.2 billion euros in France and 7.8 billion euros by 2040 in data centers in Germany.

Amazon to invest 1.2 billion euros in France and create 3,000 jobs 13/05/2024

  • - Amazon investment in France: More than 1.2 billion euros
  • - Jobs created by Amazon in France: Over 3,000 direct permanent jobs
  • - Areas of investment: Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure, notably for generative artificial intelligence (AI), and parcel distribution logistics infrastructure
  • - Job creation target for 2024 in France previously announced by Amazon: 2,000 new positions to reach 24,000 employees on permanent contracts, mainly in logistics centers
  • - AWS first-quarter worldwide sales: $25 billion
  • - AWS target sectors: Remote computing and artificial intelligence services

Studies mentioning this company

The data center market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • OVH
  • AWS Amazon Web Services
  • ILIAD
  • EQUINIX
  • Interxion
  • APL Data center
  • Jerlaure
  • Wattdesign
  • Adista - Inherent
  • Etix Everywhere
  • Data4 service
  • Marseille, Hub digital
  • Altice
  • Celeste Telecom
  • Opcore Scaleway (Iliad Groupe)
  • Google Cloud
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Schwartz Group (Lidll Kaufland, Schwartz Digit)
  • Snowflake Computing
  • XEFI
  • NTT Nippon Telecom
  • Evernex
  • Green4Cloud
  • Colt Technology Services France
  • Telehouse France
  • RITTAL
  • RARITAN
The data center market - Italy

Other companies mentioned:

  • AWS Amazon Web Services
  • Google Cloud
  • Fastweb
  • Aruba
  • BT
  • Irideos
  • Hosting Solution
The Cloud Computing Market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Microsoft
  • Google Cloud
  • Orange Business Services
  • OVH
  • Outscale (Dassault System)
  • Oracle
  • AWS Amazon Web Services
  • SalesForce
  • Oordrive
  • Service Now
  • Data4 service
  • Oxya
  • IBM
  • Qarnot Computing
  • Shadow
  • Interoute (Groupe GTT communications)
  • GTT Communication
The cloud storage market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Google Cloud
  • AWS Amazon Web Services
  • Microsoft
  • IBM
  • Tencent
  • Oracle
  • SalesForce
  • OVH
  • Antemeta
  • Sewan
  • Data4 service
  • Qarnot Computing
  • Outscale (Dassault System)
  • Adista - Inherent
  • Oordrive
  • Orange Business Services
  • Oxya
  • Snowflake Computing
The cloud computing market - Italy

Other companies mentioned:

  • Aruba s.p.a
  • Cdlan s.p.a
  • Netsons s.r.l
  • Genesys Informatica s.r.l
  • Coretech s.r.l
  • AWS Amazon Web Services
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud