Only a few months after Google Cloud announced a $3 billion investment in partnership with Turkcell in November 2025, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has also unveiled its expansion into Türkiye. AWS is launching a Local Zone access point in Istanbul.
The back-to-back decisions by two global technology giants are no coincidence. With its strategic geographic location and rapidly expanding digital economy, Türkiye is increasingly positioning itself as a bridge between Europe, the Middle East and Asia, supported by tangible infrastructure investments.
While the full-scale Google Cloud region planned with Turkcell is targeted to become operational between 2028 and 2029, AWS's Local Zone is already live.
AWS Local Zones place cloud infrastructure closer to major metropolitan areas, enabling single-digit millisecond latency for end users. This capability is particularly critical for financial institutions conducting high-frequency trading, health care providers processing sensitive patient data, and public-sector organizations delivering digital services to citizens.
Among the first users of the Istanbul Local Zone are ForInvest, which processes a significant portion of Borsa Istanbul's equity market data, and MigrosOne, which operates supermarket chain Migros' digital platforms.
