Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a landmark $4 billion investment to establish a new AWS South America (Chile) Region by the end of 2026. The cloud infrastructure region will consist of three Availability Zones and will provide Chilean organizations with secure, low-latency, and scalable access to AWS cloud services locally. The new region will enable customers across sectors—including financial services, retail, education, and public sector—to meet data residency requirements and accelerate digital transformation using the full breadth of AWS technologies.
This latest expansion builds on AWS’s growing footprint in Chile. Since 2019, AWS has launched multiple infrastructure components, including a CloudFront edge location, an AWS Ground Station antenna in Punta Arenas, AWS Outposts, and an AWS Local Zone in Santiago. These resources already serve a wide range of enterprise and institutional customers across the country. The new investment reinforces Chile’s status as a key technology hub in Latin America and supports national goals outlined in the country’s National Data Center Plan.
AWS also plans to grow its local workforce, expand training through AWS Academy and AWS Educate, and continue partnerships with leading Chilean enterprises and global system integrators such as Deloitte, Accenture, NTT, and SoftwareOne.
- AWS to invest over $4 billion to launch a new cloud infrastructure region in Chile by 2026
- AWS South America (Chile) Region will include 3 Availability Zones, built to sovereign-by-design standards
- Supports customers’ data residency and low-latency requirements across Latin America
- Key customers in Chile include Banco de Chile, LATAM Airlines, Cencosud, Salcobrand, Copec, Coca-Cola Andina, and Transbank
- Government entities like the Data Observatory are also innovating on AWS
- AWS Partners in Chile include Deloitte, Accenture, CloudHesive, NTT, Arkho, and SoftwareOne
- Amazon has trained over 100,000 individuals in Chile on cloud skills, as part of 2 million+ across LATAM
- AWS Local Zone in Santiago enables single-digit millisecond latency for edge workloads
- AWS Direct Connect in Chile (launched 2023) provides private links between customer networks and AWS
- AWS Ground Station in Punta Arenas enables satellite data processing and Earth observation services
- AWS CloudFront edge location accelerates secure content delivery across the region
- At launch, AWS data centers in Chile will operate using air-cooled systems with minimal water usage—less than two Chilean households per year
- AWS infrastructure is up to 4.1x more energy-efficient than on-premise alternatives, according to a study by Accenture
“AWS’s infrastructure expansion in Chile is a clear example of the country’s commitment to advanced technology and innovation… This investment demonstrates clear confidence in our country,” said Aisén Etcheverry Escudero, Chile’s Minister of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation.
