Amazon's profitable cloud business will invest roughly US$7.8 billion by the end of 2029 to expand its data centre operations in central Ohio, state leaders announced Monday, further advancing the state's efforts to establish itself as the Midwest's technology hub.
The new investments by Amazon Web Services, or AWS, were announced by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, who leads the governor's technology office. The financial outlay "further cements Ohio as the heart of our nation's technology and innovation," the governor said in a statement.AWS launched its first data centres in the region in 2016 and currently operates campuses in two counties in central Ohio, home to the capital city of Columbus.
Also underway in the region are a US$3.5 billion battery plant being built by Honda and LG Energy Solution of South Korea and a new US$110 million Center for Software Innovation at Ohio State University. A chemical research clearinghouse headquartered in Columbus has long been a leader in big data storage and processing.
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