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3 . UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) has announced that it plans to open an infrastructure region in the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) in the first half of 2022 . The new AWS Middle East ( UAE ) Region will consist of three Availability Zones and become AWS ’ s second region in the Middle East with the existing AWS Region in Bahrain , giving customers more choice and flexibility to leverage advanced technologies from the world ’ s leading cloud .

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4 . INDIA
Ascendas Property Fund Trustee , the Trustee-Manger of Ascendas India Trust ( a-iTrust ) is pleased to announce that it will invest an estimated INR 12 billion ( US $ 216.6 million ) to develop and operate phase one of its first data centre campus on a prime site in India . It will be one of the largest data centre campuses in Airoli , a growing data centre hub in Navi Mumbai .
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