https://www.scmp.com/rss/523619/feed The latest news and top stories on Amazon Web Services. A leading entity in the cloud computing sector, Washington-based Amazon Web Services (AWS) specialises in a broad suite of scalable on-demand cloud services including computing storage, networking, database and AI offerings. It serves individuals, companies and governments of all sizes from startups to large enterprises. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Sylvia Ma,Vincent Chow Sylvia Ma,Vincent Chow With US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell reported to have held urgent talks over Anthropic’s latest artificial intelligence model, experts are warning that immediate cybersecurity assessments are needed to avert potential economic damage running into the hundreds of billions of US dollars. Across the Pacific, however, analysts said China’s banks were taking a more cautious approach, as Beijing prioritises financial stability and intensifies monitoring of... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3349685/china-banks-buffer-against-ai-contagions-us-sweats-over-anthropics-mythos?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3349685/china-banks-buffer-against-ai-contagions-us-sweats-over-anthropics-mythos?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:00:08 +0000 Elina Noor Elina Noor On March 1, after Israel and the United States initiated attacks against Iran, Amazon Web Services reported drone strikes against data centre facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. The strikes caused structural damage to the company’s infrastructure, impairing cloud services for those countries. Iran warned that US tech companies with Israeli links, including Google, Microsoft, Palantir, Nvidia and Oracle, were on Tehran’s list of “legitimate targets” for countermeasures. Strikes on... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3347725/ai-infrastructure-front-line-lessons-asean-iran-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3347725/ai-infrastructure-front-line-lessons-asean-iran-war?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:30:10 +0000 Xinyi Wu,Wency Chen,Coco Feng Xinyi Wu,Wency Chen,Coco Feng The cloud-computing units of Alibaba Group Holding and Baidu are raising prices for certain services by as much as 34 per cent, following similar moves by their American peers earlier this year as artificial intelligence demand and infrastructure costs rise. Starting April 18, Alibaba Cloud’s services running on its AI chips – such as the T-Head Zhengwu 810E unveiled in late January – would cost between 5 and 34 per cent more, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. The price of its Cloud... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3347030/alibaba-and-baidu-lift-cloud-prices-34-amid-ai-demand-surge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3347030/alibaba-and-baidu-lift-cloud-prices-34-amid-ai-demand-surge?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:30:08 +0000 Iman Muttaqin Yusof Iman Muttaqin Yusof Southeast Asia is facing a growing cyber spillover risk from the widening US-Israel war with Iran, with security experts warning that state-linked hackers and criminal groups are seeking to exploit turmoil around energy, shipping and banking networks to hit targets far beyond the Middle East. The assessment comes as Iran said it would target economic and banking interests linked to the United States and Israel in the region after an attack on an Iranian bank, while the United Arab Emirates said... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3346342/southeast-asia-faces-spillover-cyber-risk-iran-war-blast-radius-widens?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3346342/southeast-asia-faces-spillover-cyber-risk-iran-war-blast-radius-widens?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:00:12 +0000 Islam Alhalawany Islam Alhalawany For decades, geopolitical risk in the Gulf was largely synonymous with oil. Pipelines, export terminals and processing facilities were viewed as the obvious tender spots in times of regional escalation. In an oil-reliant economy, hydrocarbons were both the engine of growth and the primary vulnerability. Risk assessments, insurance premiums and sovereign spreads were managed accordingly. The episodic risks in the oil and gas industry led to a conventional playbook for navigating crises. Gulf... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3345949/irans-data-centre-attacks-gulf-are-strikes-confidence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3345949/irans-data-centre-attacks-gulf-are-strikes-confidence?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:30:08 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng Technology stocks across China, South Korea and Japan have taken a beating as risk-off sentiment sweeps markets amid escalating fears that the US-Iran war may further disrupt tech infrastructure and supply chains. Hong Kong and Chinese tech stocks have been affected to a lesser degree than their Korean and Japanese peers because of the different levels of exposure to energy and shipping disruptions caused by the Middle East turmoil, analysts said. In Seoul, the Kospi index sank over 12 per cent... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3345407/asian-tech-stocks-reel-us-iran-war-disrupts-energy-logistics-supply-chains?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3345407/asian-tech-stocks-reel-us-iran-war-disrupts-energy-logistics-supply-chains?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Mar 2026 09:04:16 +0000 Wency Chen,Coco Feng Wency Chen,Coco Feng Chinese technology companies that have rapidly expanded across the Middle East face a sudden test amid Iran’s response to the US-Israel attack, as mounting hostilities disrupt their operations. Several firms that accelerated investment in the region over the past year have temporarily suspended services, shifted staff to remote work and reviewed contingency plans as security risks mount in the short term. Baidu, which began operating its Apollo robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3345148/iran-war-disrupts-chinese-tech-firms-middle-east-operations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3345148/iran-war-disrupts-chinese-tech-firms-middle-east-operations?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Mar 2026 13:00:09 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng Several Chinese cloud service providers are “evaluating price increases”, according to analysts, following recent moves by Google and Amazon Web Services (AWS), as the explosive growth of artificial intelligence drives demand. Google on Tuesday announced price rises of up to 100 per cent for certain services, effective May 1. For example, North American users of the CDN Interconnect, Direct Peering, and Carrier Peering services will pay US$0.08 per gigabyte, double the current rate. In Asia, the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3341516/price-rises-horizon-chinese-cloud-firms-after-google-and-aws-set-new-rates?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3341516/price-rises-horizon-chinese-cloud-firms-after-google-and-aws-set-new-rates?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:00:25 +0000 Natalie Wong Natalie Wong Shifting policies under US President Donald Trump’s administration are expected to heighten market volatility in Hong Kong this year, the finance chief has said, while also expressing “cautious optimism” about the capital market. Explaining his upbeat outlook despite the tense geopolitical climate, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said business and political leaders he met at the World Economic Forum in Davos viewed the city much more positively than in previous years. “Despite the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3340943/paul-chan-upbeat-about-hong-kong-economy-despite-volatile-market-trump-policies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3340943/paul-chan-upbeat-about-hong-kong-economy-despite-volatile-market-trump-policies?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Jan 2026 05:51:55 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg OpenAI is in initial discussions to raise at least US$10 billion from Amazon.com and use its chips, a potential win for the online retailer’s effort to broaden its AI industry presence and compete with Nvidia. The deal under discussion could value OpenAI north of US$500 billion and see it adopt Amazon’s Trainium chip, a person with knowledge of the matter said, asking to remain anonymous to describe private negotiations. Talks, however, are at a preliminary stage and terms could change, the... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3336750/openai-talks-raise-us10-billion-amazon-and-adopt-trainium-chips?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3336750/openai-talks-raise-us10-billion-amazon-and-adopt-trainium-chips?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Dec 2025 07:50:44 +0000 Reuters Reuters Amazon’s AWS cloud computing unit on Tuesday said it will adopt key Nvidia technology in future generations of its artificial intelligence computing chips as the firm ramps up efforts to attract major AI customers to use its services. AWS, or Amazon Web Services, said it will adopt a technology called “NVLink Fusion” in a future chip known as Trainium4. It did not specify a release date. The NVLink technology creates speedy connections between different kinds of chips and is one of Nvidia’s... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3334985/amazon-use-nvidia-tech-ai-chips-roll-out-new-servers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3334985/amazon-use-nvidia-tech-ai-chips-roll-out-new-servers?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Dec 2025 03:05:10 +0000 Kolette Lim Kolette Lim Singapore is leading the AI race in Southeast Asia, a region emerging as an artificial intelligence hotspot as start-ups draw significant investments and major players seek expansion, according to an industry report. Some 680 AI start-ups attracted more than US$2.3 billion of investments across Southeast Asia in the 12 months to June, accounting for 32 per cent of private funding in the region, research from Google, Singapore’s state investor Temasek and management consultancy Bain & Company... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3332375/singapore-based-ai-start-ups-draw-most-funding-southeast-asia-report?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3332375/singapore-based-ai-start-ups-draw-most-funding-southeast-asia-report?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:58:45 +0000 Xinmei Shen Xinmei Shen Ant Group affiliate OceanBase has unveiled plans to strengthen its presence in Hong Kong, using the city as a base for overseas expansion to grow its share in the global database market dominated by US technology giant Oracle. The Chinese distributed database provider had designated Hong Kong as a “strategic hub” for its global expansion, following rapid growth in the city, as well as in Macau and the mainland, CEO Evan Yang said on Thursday. The move further solidified Hong Kong’s role as a hub... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3331779/ant-group-affiliate-oceanbase-uses-hong-kong-hub-challenge-oracle?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3331779/ant-group-affiliate-oceanbase-uses-hong-kong-hub-challenge-oracle?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Nov 2025 09:00:30 +0000 Reuters Reuters OpenAI has signed a seven-year, US$38 billion deal to buy cloud services from Amazon.com, in its first big push to power its AI ambitions after a restructuring last week that gave the ChatGPT maker greater operational and financial freedom. The agreement, announced on Monday, will give OpenAI access to hundreds of thousands of Nvidia graphics processors to train and run its artificial intelligence models. The deal underscores the AI industry’s insatiable appetite for computing power as companies... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3331405/openai-pay-amazon-us38-billion-seven-year-cloud-services-deal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3331405/openai-pay-amazon-us38-billion-seven-year-cloud-services-deal?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Nov 2025 01:46:42 +0000 He Huifeng He Huifeng As the semi-annual Canton Fair – China’s largest and oldest trade exhibition – draws to a close, a new exhibition area dedicated to digitally and technologically powered approaches to healthcare has drawn keen interest from overseas buyers. The “Intelligent Healthcare” zone, featuring 47 leading domestic manufacturers, is a showcase for medical robots and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled imaging diagnostics, wearable devices and other applications – and a sign of China’s ambitions to rapidly... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3331361/chinas-smart-healthcare-firms-draw-crowds-canton-fair-wraps?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3331361/chinas-smart-healthcare-firms-draw-crowds-canton-fair-wraps?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:30:09 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Amazon posted higher fiscal third quarter profit and sales compared with a year ago, fuelled by accelerating growth in its cloud computing business and strong spending by its customers looking for low prices at a time when inflation is resurging. The results, announced Thursday, beat Wall Street expectations. The company’s prominent cloud computing arm also surpassed analysts’ expectations, rising 20 per cent. But Amazon issued a cautious sales outlook for the fiscal fourth quarter. Shares,... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3330995/amazon-reports-higher-sales-and-earnings-helped-its-fast-growing-web-services-business?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3330995/amazon-reports-higher-sales-and-earnings-helped-its-fast-growing-web-services-business?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Oct 2025 03:04:13 +0000 Reuters Reuters Amazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning on Tuesday, as the company pares expenses and compensates for overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter. The figure represents a small percentage of Amazon’s 1.55 million total employees, but nearly 10 per cent of its roughly 350,000 corporate employees. This would mark Amazon’s largest job cut since late 2022, when it started to eliminate around 27,000 positions. An... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3330552/amazon-targets-many-30000-corporate-job-cuts-sources-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3330552/amazon-targets-many-30000-corporate-job-cuts-sources-say?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Oct 2025 03:10:58 +0000 Ling Xin Ling Xin Chinese researchers are at the forefront of developments in quantum computing, a superfast processing technology that could help to solve seemingly intractable challenges such as nuclear fusion and climate change. Origin Quantum has already used quantum computing in breast cancer mammography screening, producing high-dimensional medical imaging data “exponentially faster” than traditional computers and paring false-positive rates. The Hefei-based company has also used the technology in... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3329772/chinese-quantum-computer-cracks-billion-year-problems-seconds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3329772/chinese-quantum-computer-cracks-billion-year-problems-seconds?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Oct 2025 08:15:11 +0000 Reuters Reuters Amazon.com cloud service returned to normal operations on Monday afternoon, the company said, after an internet outage that caused global turmoil among thousands of sites, including some of the web’s most popular apps like Snapchat and Reddit. Still, Amazon said some AWS services had a backlog of messages that would take a few hours to process. AWS hosts applications and computer processes for companies around the world, and the disruption knocked workers from London to Tokyo offline and halted... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3329687/amazons-aws-outage-disrupts-fortnite-snapchat-and-major-apps-worldwide?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3329687/amazons-aws-outage-disrupts-fortnite-snapchat-and-major-apps-worldwide?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:59:32 +0000 Shaoshan Liu Shaoshan Liu Beijing has expanded export controls on rare earths. The latest move requires foreign buyers to obtain a Chinese export licence and extends controls to foreign-made products that use rare earths or technology from China. Washington shot back with threats of sweeping tariff hikes. Markets shuddered and supply-chain chiefs braced. The stakes are systemic. China wields a chokepoint through its dominance in processing of rare earths and manufacture of magnets; the US wields the world’s most powerful... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3329374/us-china-tit-tat-escalation-now-feature-not-bug?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3329374/us-china-tit-tat-escalation-now-feature-not-bug?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Oct 2025 09:53:59 +0000 Wency Chen Wency Chen Chinese companies are stepping out of Nvidia’s chipmaking shadow by developing processors that play a different role in artificial intelligence (AI). Application-specific integrated circuits, or ASICs, do the work when AI systems interact with the real world, for instance, performing real-time video analysis in autonomous vehicles, surveillance or surgery. The chips are custom-designed to do that one specific task as efficiently as possible. By contrast, Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs)... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3327767/ai-accelerators-offer-opportunity-china-chipmakers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3327767/ai-accelerators-offer-opportunity-china-chipmakers?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:42:26 +0000