AWS Opens Innovation Hub to Boost Cloud and AI in Asia Pacific

• AWS opens first Asia Pacific Innovation Hub in Singapore, targeting cloud and AI advancement.
• AI Springboard programme supports 300 enterprises with SGD $600,000 in credits and training.
• Hub to engage 1,000 C-suite leaders and 200 students annually for digital transformation.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has opened its first Asia Pacific Innovation Hub in Singapore, an 8,000-square-foot, multi-million-dollar facility located at its corporate office in downtown Singapore. The hub aims to accelerate digital transformation for businesses across the region by offering immersive experiences with AWS and Amazon technologies, alongside over 30 partner solutions across 50 real-world cloud use cases.

Aimed at serving more than 1,000 C-suite executives and 200 undergraduates across Singapore-based tertiary learning institutions every year, the facility will encourage innovation in cloud and generative AI.

In partnership with Digital Industry Singapore (DISG), AWS also launched the AI Springboard programme, designed to empower 300 Singapore-based enterprises with up to SGD $600,000 each in cloud credits and training support. This consists of SGD$350,000 base credit and up to SGD$105,000 of government co-funded consultancy support.

“Singapore is taking decisive steps to strengthen our position as a leading digital economy and AI hub in Asia,” said Philbert Gomez, Senior Vice President and Head of DISG. The initiative aligns with Singapore’s Enterprise Compute Initiative to enhance AI adoption and competitiveness.

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The hub has three zones Aspiration, Acceleration, and Action that ends in personalised digital transformation road-maps with the help of Vision Builder, which is driven by Amazon nova.

Jaime Vallés, Vice President of AWS Asia Pacific & Japan, emphasized, “The AWS Innovation Hub empowers our customers to convert big ideas into real business outcomes by combining our comprehensive cloud and AI technology, proven expertise from our network of over 140,000 partners worldwide, and Amazon’s unique culture of innovation.” AWS’s commitment includes a USD $9 billion investment in Singapore’s cloud infrastructure by 2028, reinforcing the region’s role as a global innovation hub.