Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud computing platform operated by Amazon, providing a broad range of infrastructure and technology services to organizations ranging from startups to large enterprises. AWS has been operating for over 20 years and serves customers across virtually every industry sector, offering compute, storage, networking, artificial intelligence, and other cloud-based capabilities on a pay-as-you-go model.

AWS serves customers across industries including aerospace and satellite, advertising and marketing, automotive, media and entertainment, manufacturing, and many others. Notable customers building on AWS include Blue Origin, Pinterest, Mercedes-Benz, WRITER, and Condé Nast, among others.

Core Cloud Infrastructure

• AWS provides compute services including Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) and storage services including Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service).
• The AWS Cloud spans 123 Availability Zones within 39 Geographic Regions worldwide.
• Additional expansion is planned, with 7 more Availability Zones and 2 more AWS Regions announced for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Chile.
• AWS operates dedicated GovCloud regions (US-East and US-West) designed to support government workloads and compliance requirements.

Global Infrastructure Coverage

• AWS regions are present across North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, and Australia and New Zealand.
• In North America alone, AWS operates 9 Geographic Regions with 31 Availability Zones, 31 Edge Network Locations, and 3 Edge Cache Locations.
• North American regions include locations in the US, Canada, and Mexico, with edge network locations spanning major cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Seattle, Toronto, and Montreal, among others.

Artificial Intelligence and Agentic AI

• AWS is actively developing and promoting agentic AI capabilities, described as changing how business operations are conducted.
• AWS has partnered with OpenAI and hosts joint events discussing the current state and future direction of agentic AI systems.
• Customer use cases include Blue Origin using agentic AI on AWS for space exploration, and WRITER building an end-to-end enterprise platform for AI agents on AWS infrastructure.

Pricing and Access

• AWS operates on a pay-only-for-what-you-use pricing model with no upfront commitment required.
• A free tier is available, allowing new users to try AWS services at no cost up to defined usage limits.

AWS positions itself as a broad-based cloud platform supporting digital transformation, AI adoption, and infrastructure modernization for organizations of all sizes and across all major global regions.