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A New Zealand owned cloud data storage firm is sceptical about the scale of investment in New Zealand claimed by the tech giant Amazon Web Services.
Yesterday Amazon Web Services launched its 'infrastructure region' in New Zealand, saying it is part of a $7.5 billion investment over 15 years, which will 'support' 1000 jobs, and add $10.8b to the economy.
In 2021, AWS said it would build three data centres here. It was not clear, under questioning at the launch yesterday, whether AWS will build physical data centres here, or base its technology in existing facilities.
At yesterday's announcement, attended by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Amazon said the data centres are 'now live', but was unwilling to say where they are - apparently for security reasons.
Don Christie is the managing director of Catalyst IT, the New Zealand owned cloud storage competitor to Amazon Web Services. Kathryn also speaks with Jonathan Milne is Managing Editor of Newsroom Pro.
