Amazon shifts AWS workloads as power constraints tighten

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Amazon is redistributing parts of its e-commerce infrastructure across a wider range of AWS regions amid reported constraints on power and data centre capacity.

The multiyear programme, known internally as “Region Flex”, is intended to reduce Amazon’s reliance on several large AWS regions and spread workloads across more locations, according to internal planning documents obtained by Business Insider.

The documents cite power and capacity constraints as factors in the programme. One plan referred to moving infrastructure away from AWS’s Dublin region because of expansion risks linked to power availability, while another said Amazon needed additional regional capacity to meet projected requirements.

Amazon confirmed the existence of Region Flex to Business Insiderbut said some timelines and other details contained in the documents were inaccurate or no longer reflected its plans. The company said it has changed its infrastructure over time to improve reliability, control costs, and place services closer...

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