Amazon upped his ante Aragón with the announcement of a 15.7 billion euro investment in the community. This investment aims to expand its cloud infrastructure in this area and create the AWS Europe (Spain) region. In addition, the company will place in the Aragon region 40% of the jobs that its presence will create nationwide in local businesses, which will be about 17,500 by 2033. According to the estimates of its managers, Amazon will have about 6,800 employees in Aragon. .

The company’s workforce in the autonomous community will include specialized positions in construction, equipment maintenance, engineering and telecommunications. Also those derived from the supply chain associated with AWS data centers. This investment represents a contribution of approximately 21.6 billion euros to Spain’s GDP by 2033. Of this, 12.9 billion will go to Aragon’s GDP.

The investment Amazon announced to create the AWS Europe region in Aragon will also allow the company to continue expanding to meet the growing demand for cloud services.

Amazon’s initial investment plans for Aragon, revealed in 2021, were 2.5 billion euros, but this number will eventually be multiplied by six. He Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Service, Jose Luis Escrivástressed the importance of investment «which confirms Spain as a key digital hub in Southern Europe with great advantages such as our connectivity and local climate and energy conditions«.

Escrivá also emphasized that “This new commitment by Amazon Web Services to our country puts Spain at the forefront of technological innovation and artificial intelligence in Europe and reaffirms the ability to create technological talent and quality jobs.«.

This investment and the opening of the region in the area strengthens AWS’s relationship with Aragón. He The president of your regional government, Jorge Azcónrecalled that «Since its arrival in Aragon, AWS has turned the region’s potential to attract technology investment into reality. AWS is a global company, but its participation in the local ecosystem and the communities in which it operates have made it an “Aragonese” company. The investment announced today is unique in the history of technology investments both in our community and in Spain. It will undoubtedly put Aragon on the map as a center for innovation and the cloud economy at European level.«.

Further according to Suzana Curic, AWS General Manager for Iberia«In addition to the direct investment and jobs that will be created, we plan to continue our existing collaborations with local schools and community initiatives to support talent development, education programs and sustainability initiatives. We will continue to source 100% of the electricity used in our data centers in Aragon from renewable sources, and we will continue to look for ways to innovate and run our operations more efficiently and sustainably, giving back to the communities where we operate.“.