06:20 AM EDT, 05/15/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Amazon.com's ( AMZN ) cloud computing unit, Amazon Web Services, said Wednesday that it plans to invest 7.8 billion euros ($8.45 billion) in Germany through 2040 with the construction of a cloud computing infrastructure specifically for Europe.

AWS said it will launch several data centers in the German state of Brandenburg, which will be available to all customers by the end of next year.

The planned investment would support about 2,800 full-time equivalent jobs in local German businesses annually, the company said.

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