AWS

HQ : Seattle , Washington , United States CEO : Adam Selipsky Market share : 32 % ( Q3 2023 )

Officially launched in 2002 , AWS today offers more than 200 fully featured services from data centres worldwide . The organisation serves hundreds of thousands of customers across 190 different countries , and today is the most comprehensive and widely-used cloud computing platform globally .

A subsidiary of Amazon , AWS provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals , companies , and governments , on a metered , pay-as-you-go basis . The AWS Cloud spans 99 Availability Zones within 31 geographic regions around the world .

Millions of customers – including the fastest-growing startups , largest enterprises , and leading government agencies – are using AWS to lower costs , become more agile , and innovate faster . technologymagazine . com 43