Amazon Web Services to invest $13bn in expanding Australian cloud computing

Tech giant says expansion of Sydney and Melbourne datacentres will bring in 11,000 full-time jobs

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Amazon Web Services will invest more than $13bn in Australia over the next five years as it expands its cloud computing operations in Melbourne and Sydney and works towards running its datacentres entirely on renewable energy.

The Sydney region of AWS’s cloud operations has been in place since 2012, with $9.2bn spent in the decade since the launch. The expected growth in spending over the next five years accounts for the Melbourne region opening up last month.

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