Singapore – Amazon said its planned investments in cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure across Southeast Asia are expected to exceed US$33b by 2039, with the company projecting the initiatives will contribute more than US$64b to the combined gross domestic product (GDP) of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.
According to Amazon, the investments are also expected to support more than 56,300 full-time-equivalent jobs annually across the four countries through local data center supply chains. The company said the investment plans consolidate previously announced infrastructure commitments in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand over the past three years.
The company added that it invested more than US$3b in Southeast Asia in 2025 alone, including spending on infrastructure and employee compensation across its businesses such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Stores, Global Selling, Devices, and Entertainment.
“Amazon has plans to invest more than US$33b across Southeast Asia through 2039. We’re building infrastructure, training local workforces, and enabling businesses across the region to compete globally,” said David Zapolsky, Chief Global Affairs and Legal Officer at Amazon. “Governments across Southeast Asia deserve recognition for their bold leadership in shaping policies and economic conditions that are accelerating growth and attracting global investment in AI and technology at an unprecedented pace.”
Amazon said its presence in Southeast Asia began with the launch of the AWS Singapore Region in 2010, followed by the launch of the Amazon.sg online store in 2019. AWS regions have since been established in Indonesia in 2021, Malaysia in 2024, and Thailand in 2025.
The company said it currently employs more than 3,000 people in the region, alongside an extended workforce of more than 2,500.
Amazon also highlighted examples of organizations in Southeast Asia using AWS AI technologies. These include Malaysia-based 123RF, which uses Amazon AI tools to analyze image content; Union Bank of the Philippines, which deployed generative AI-powered analytics for business users; Thailand-based Sansiri, which built an AI assistant for homebuyers; and GovTech, which developed an AI tool called MAESTRO for government agencies.
The company also said it has trained more than 2.7 million individuals in Southeast Asia in cloud-related skills since 2017 through various workforce development programs.
“AI and Cloud training and upskilling are the most important enablers and where most countries are underinvesting,” Zapolsky said. “We’ve trained 2.7 million people across Southeast Asia since 2017, but the pace needs to accelerate dramatically. Amazon is committed to expanding that reach, and we welcome partnership with every government to set ambitious national targets.”
Among the company’s training initiatives are the AI Spring program in Singapore, which Amazon said aligns with Singapore’s National AI Strategy 2.0, and a generative AI training event in Indonesia involving students and teachers from 21 high schools in West Java. According to Amazon, the event resulted in more than 10,800 generative AI applications being created in a single day.
Amazon also said its Skills to Job Tech Alliance initiative is currently active in Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand, while its “AI Ready” initiative offers more than 30 free AI and generative AI courses in Vietnamese.
