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Coming in 2018 – New AWS Region in Sweden
- metricodus 10y agoThat's a slightly awkward looking reference customer list (assuming that's what it is).
- mrweasel 10y agoMay I ask why? Is it just because you don't know them?
- metricodus 10y agoI know them, but those startup names are hardly household names even in Sweden.
- ErrantX 10y agoSuperCell and TrustPilot are big names....
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- filleokus 10y agoInteresting that AWS didn't chose to place their DC's at the "Node Pole" (http://thenodepole.com http://thenodepole.com) in the northern parts of Sweden where FB have theirs.
- lucideer 10y agoSlightly OT, but also interesting that the "Node Pole" host their website on AWS...
- Spiritus 10y agoI'm actually disappointed they went with Stockholm. Though I can understand why (proximity to a large pool of talent among other things).
- pathy 10y agoThey aren't actually located in Stockholm, but close enough to use resources from the Stockholm Area. Supposedly the DCs will be located in Västerås, Eskilstuna and Katrineholm[0]. [0] http://digital.di.se/artikel/amazon-oppnar-tre-datacenter-i-sverige http://digital.di.se/artikel/amazon-oppnar-tre-datacenter-i-...
- Spiritus 10y agoI see, that makes more sense I guess. Still, I would've liked it if they put the DCs in Norr- or Västerbotten. I'm very partial though ;P
- jacquesm 10y agoWhy would they need to be close to 'a large pool of talent' in order to run a bunch of hosting? It doesn't take that many people to run a hosting facility, the ones I'm familiar with are mostly deserted. They take people to set up and a large amount of capital but once that's done it takes very few people to run. Even the (very large) Google data centers typically do not employ more than 100 people, that's 30 people over 3 shifts and some overhead.
- acd 10y agoMost likely to be closer to the capital Stockholm, main Internet exchange and startups in Sweden. Further more you will have better latency to the rest of Nordics closer to Stockholm. Population density of the Nordics https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norden#/media/File:Norden_pop_density.gif https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norden#/media/File:Norden_pop_...
- mindjiver 10y agoA map of the new locations can be found here: https://www.thelocal.se/20170404/map-amazon-to-open-three-new-data-centres-in-sweden https://www.thelocal.se/20170404/map-amazon-to-open-three-ne.... Seems like the one in Västerås is right next to the Westinghouse uranium fuel factory. Sadly no power plant right next to it though :)
- pdpi 10y agoHave to wonder how much of the push for more EU AWS regions comes from dealing with a potential exodus from the London region due Brexit (e.g. because of data protection issues)
- redcalx 10y agoI imagine the greater concern is the deep integration between the NSA, GCHQ and ISPs in the UK and USA.
- reason_police 10y agoAs if any first-world government weren't already monitoring everyone as best they can?
- simion314 10y agoAFAIK the US and UK share the databases access(or have an easy/fast way to share info - sorry I forgot where I got this information so I don't have a link tas a proof but I think is already a known fact) so hopefully NSA has to do more paperwork before asking other EU country for data.
- beaconstudios 10y agoit's not just the US and UK - they're just 2 members of the intelligence sharing community. There's Five Eyes, bringing in Canada, New Zealand and Australia, and from there the scope widens considerably: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKUSA_Agreement#9_Eyes.2C_14_Eyes.2C_and_other_.22third_parties.22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKUSA_Agreement#9_Eyes.2C_14_E...
- Zolomon 10y agoErr.. The Swedish FRA[1] is in cahoots with the ones you mention. I doubt that's the concern. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defence_Radio_Establishment https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defence_Radio_Estab...
- EtienneK 10y agoWhen will Africa get a region? Seriously, we have companies willing to pay big money to use a region closer to us.
- gtsteve 10y agoWhere would you propose hosting it in Africa? I understand that the consumer internet situation is not very good over there, are there datacenters and strong fiber links to USA and Europe? This is essentially why my company doesn't target African markets, because our software requires a persistent internet connection.
- nemesisj 10y agoDubai. Yes, not actually in Africa, but much closer to the area and relatively stable. Also, there's plenty of activity going on in the Middle East that would justify this (I think).
- metricodus 10y agoThat's a nonstarter because of UAE's requirements on censorship and backdoored surveillance ("lawful intercept"). They're at least on the level of China in this regard, maybe even worse.
- stephenr 10y agoAws Beijing exists
- John23832 10y agoAnd is used only by the Chinese and Chinese serving companies... The interests of the continent of Africa are not the same as those in the UAE... nor should they be.
- nemesisj 10y agoData centres aren't the same thing as "the available consumer internet" but yes, I take your point. That said, if there's any country that could find a practical compromise on that front, it would be the UAE, and they're in a very natural location close to many undersea cables, etc.
- CodeSheikh 10y agoMorocco, South Africa, Dubai could be new regions.
- eatbitseveryday 10y agoAlso an entry on Werner Vogel's blog about this. http://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2017/04/aws-announces-eu-stockholm-region.html http://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2017/04/aws-announces-eu...