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AWS economic impact in the U.S.

When Amazon Web Services (AWS) invests in communities, there is a ripple effect of that investment. AWS investment in the US enables job retention, cloud training and education, community engagement, and long-term financial stability for individuals. Check out the report.

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  • What is cloud computing?

    Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of IT resources over the Internet with pay-as-you-go pricing. Instead of buying, owning, and maintaining physical data centers and servers, you can access technology services, such as computing power, storage, and databases, on an as-needed basis from a cloud provider like AWS.

  • Highest standards for privacy and data security

    AWS is vigilant about customer privacy and security. Customers always own their data, including the ability to encrypt it, move it, and manage retention. Our core infrastructure is built to satisfy the security requirements for the military, global banks, and other high-sensitivity organizations. This is backed by a deep set of cloud security tools.

  • Trusted by millions

    Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—are using AWS to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster. Read our case studies to explore how customers are using AWS cloud solutions to build applications with increased flexibility, scalability, security, and reliability.

  • Our products

    AWS has over 200 fully featured services for a wide range of technologies, industries, and use cases. This broad set of global cloud-based products includes compute, storage, databases, analytics, networking, mobile, developer tools, management tools, IoT, security, and enterprise applications.

  • Sustainability in the cloud

    AWS is focused on efficiency and continuous innovation across our global infrastructure, as we continue on our path to powering our operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025.

  • re:Invent

    AWS re:Invent is a learning conference for the global cloud computing community. The event features keynote announcements, plus training and certification opportunities. At the conference, customers have access to more than 1,000 technical sessions, a partner expo, after-hours events, and more.

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The deceptively simple origins of AWS

The service that launched Amazon Web Services 15 years ago made storing data on the internet easy. Building it wasn’t.