What is the name of Amazon's cloud computing division?

Amazon’s cloud computing division is called Amazon Web Services, commonly abbreviated AWS.

AWS is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand computing infrastructure and software services over the internet. Customers can rent computing power, storage, databases, networking, analytics, and other tools on a usage-based model rather than building and maintaining all the necessary hardware themselves.

Amazon launched its first AWS web services in 2002, opening parts of the Amazon platform to developers. The modern cloud infrastructure business took shape later, with services such as Amazon Simple Storage Service and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud becoming foundational offerings in 2006. These services helped establish the “cloud” model of accessing scalable technology remotely.

A frequent confusion is treating AWS as a retail service or as a synonym for all cloud computing. AWS is Amazon’s specific cloud platform, competing with Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. “Cloud computing” is the broader industry term.