Amazon has always been known for being a step ahead of its competitors in the public cloud space. And what seems like yet another move to pick an edge, the software giant is all set to come up with a data centre in Ohio. According to local press reports, this development would account for a total investment worth $ 1.1 Billion.
Though there wasn’t any official announcement from Amazon, a statement from Gov. John Kasich’s office yesterday revealed that Vadata – an old associate of Amazon and a once-alliance of Amazon’s Oregon Data Centre – has received a data-centre sales-tax exemption and tax credit from the state Tax Credit Authority.
The statement, however, clearly mentioned that the deal hasn’t been sealed yet. “If Ohio is ultimately chosen for the project”, said the statement, there will be 120 new employment opportunities. But one there is one thing we know for sure – Vadata is seriously considering Ohio for the data centre construction project.
In a thoughtful move to stay ahead in these times of fierce competition, cloud providers are building data centres close to their customer base, so that they can provide fast and uninterrupted services. This is not the first time Amazon is using geographical expansion to stand amidst the crowd of competitors. Recently the company announced its plan of building data centres in China region and dropped hints about acquiring a new site in Germany. A presence in Midwest will aid Amazon in competing with likes of Google and Microsoft, who already have their centres in Central U.S.
While some believe that Amazon’s cloud growth isn’t considerable, others have faith in its slow yet steady growth. The matter of the fact being that more established firms are turning towards public cloud services than funky startups based out of coastal cities in the United States. Currently, the four most important regions of Amazon in the country are coasts. So probably to combat that Amazon has planned this data centre in the middle of the country, which can quickly handle computing jobs and serve up data for big firms.
Amazon has neither confirmed nor denied this news. In an email to a leading technology blog, an Amazon spokeswoman said, “At AWS, we’re constantly looking for opportunities to expand our geographic coverage in order to provide lower latencies, higher operational efficiencies, and additional choice to customers in terms of where they operate their applications and store their data,” the spokeswoman wrote. “Today there are 10 AWS Regions around the world, four of which are in the U.S., and we are constantly evaluating a long list of additional target countries and U.S. locations.”
So it won’t be long when we might get to see an Amazon Web Services in the Midwest. Till then, keep watching this space for updates.
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