Interview: Amazon Web Services Sweden
Summary
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently building an infrastructure region in Sweden that will have three availability zones – a collection of datacentres linked together with private fibre.Its first datacentre there was built in Eskilstuna, where so much earth was dug up to prepare for the new building that there was enough gravel and mud to extend a local ski slope by 30 metres.The AWS region now built in Sweden is likely to attract customers including Swedish government organisations and local enterprises that need to have data stored on Nordic soil.Anders Bresell, head of technology development at Telenor Connexion, said “It is great that AWS is building a new region with three availability zones in Sweden.One important area that can benefit from this is healthcare, both in clinics and in people’s homes, where the data is considered very sensitive and additional compliance rules apply.