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AWS

Cloud computing

Amazon Web Services rents computing, storage, databases and AI services on demand to startups, enterprises and governments worldwide.

Cloud computingSince 2006Seattle, USA
How it started

Amazon's own infrastructure, sold to others.

2006the year it started

In 2006 Amazon began offering the IT infrastructure it had built for itself to other businesses as pay-as-you-go web services.

How big it is

How big is AWS?

$128.7BAWS segment net salesFY2025
$45.6BAWS segment operating incomeFY2025
Its place in Amazon

Most of Amazon's operating profit.

18.0%of Amazon net salesFY2025

AWS is Amazon's profit engine, earning more than half of the group's operating income on less than a fifth of its sales.

Who it competes with
MMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudOOracle CloudAAlibaba Cloud
What Amazon does not disclose
  • Number of AWS customers
  • AWS revenue by service or by region
  • AWS AI revenue
  • AWS employees
The group behind itAmazon
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Sources

Every number on this page comes from Amazon's own reports.

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