AWS in Switzerland

Swiss companies of all sizes use AWS to transform the way they do business.

AWS in Switzerland

Swiss companies of all sizes use AWS to transform the way they do business.

AWS Region in Switzerland or AWS Europe (Zurich) Region

The AWS Europe (Zurich) Region went live on November 9th 2022. Developers, startups, entrepreneurs, and enterprises, as well as government, education, and nonprofit organizations, now have even greater choice for running their applications and serving end users from data centers located in Switzerland, using advanced AWS technologies to drive innovation. Watch the video to discover what this AWS Region has to offer, with insights from Amazon.com CTO, Dr. Werner Vogels.

Visit the AWS Global Infrastructure page or read the press release for more information.

At present, the AWS Europe (Zurich) region provides a range of 140+ services. Read more about the region updates here.

Werner Vogels: Annoucement of the AWS Region in Switzerland

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AWS for Swiss banking & finance businesses

The AWS cloud helps Swiss banking and finance firms innovate faster and deliver consistently high levels of customer experience. All while maintaining the quality of your products and services customers expect and safeguarding your regulatory compliance.

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AWS Customer Insights

Customers of all sizes and from every industry can now leverage the new AWS Region in Switzerland to transform their business and deliver innovative solutions. More than 10,000 customers in Switzerland join millions of active customers using AWS every month in more than 190 countries around the world.

  • Customers welcome AWS Region
  • Customers welcome AWS Region

    The AWS Region in Switzerland gives customers the choice to deploy highly scalable, secure and reliable applications, with even lower latency. As always, our customers retain ownership of their data and control over its movement, so even the most security- and compliance-sensitive organizations interested in keeping their data in Switzerland will now be able to innovate faster utilizing the AWS Cloud.

    Watch the video to discover what the AWS Region in Switzerland means to our Swiss customers.
  • iptiQ
  • AWS Customer Success Story: iptiQ

    Learn how iptiQ, a scale-up division of reinsurer Swiss Re, is making it easy for consumer brands to sell insurance to their customers. Building on AWS, iptiQ can better support their partners, give them the products they need faster, and make the digital journey easier for their customers.

    Watch the video to learn more.
  • Helvetia Group
  • AWS Customer Success Story: Helvetia Group

    Learn how Helvetia Group, a globally active Swiss insurance group, uses AWS to standardize their IT landscape. They continue to transfer systems to the cloud and today, already more than 40 percent of their applications are in the cloud. 

    Watch the video to learn more.
  • Fisch Asset Management
  • AWS Customer Success Story: Fisch Asset Management

    Learn how AWS Professional Services supports Fisch Asset Management, a Zurich based asset manager, to protect company´s sensitive data and to automate processes.

    Watch the video to learn more.
  • Novartis
  • Novartis is Reimagining Medicine with AWS

    Loic Giraud, the Head of the Analytics Center of Excellence at Novartis, explains how Novartis is partnering with AWS to accelerate digital transformation and create a culture of innovation.

    Watch the video to learn more.
  • Medisanté
  • Medisanté increases agility and works globally with the cloud

    Medisanté increased its agility with shortened time to market for their products and has increased its ability to operate at the global scale using Amazon Web Services (AWS). Headquartered in Switzerland, Medisanté uses direct-to-cloud medical Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure to simplify the integration of patient generated health data (PGHD) into clinical systems around the world.

    Watch the video to learn more.

The economic impact of the AWS Region in Switzerland

AWS released an Economic Impact Study that details how the AWS Europe (Zurich) Region will support Switzerland’s economy. It provides an overview of existing and planned AWS infrastructure investments in Switzerland, and the economic benefits AWS investments create for the Swiss economy. The study estimates that AWS’s spending on the construction and operation of the Region will support an average of more than 2,500 full-time jobs annually at external businesses, with a planned investment of 5.9 billion Swiss francs (approx. $5.9 billion) through 2036.

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AWS Partners in Switzerland

APN (AWS Partner Network) Partners are strategic experts and experienced builders that help address your specific business needs. Count on an APN Partner for groundbreaking, relevant and reliable solutions to help your business grow. Each of the AWS Partners below have created an unique offering to help customers accelerate in Switzerland. Click on the logos to learn more and check more partners here.

  • APN Partners that help customers design, architect, build, migrate, and manage their workloads and applications on AWS.

  • APN Partners that help customers design, architect, build, migrate, and manage their workloads and applications on AWS.

  • APN Partners that provide software solutions that are either hosted on, or integrated with, the AWS platform.

  • Your AWS Distributor will work with you to complete the AWS Distribution Seller Agreement. To join the program, directly contact the distributor that best supports your business needs and begin onboarding.

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