Which company operates the AWS cloud-computing business?

Amazon operates the AWS cloud-computing business.

Amazon Web Services, commonly called AWS, began offering services in 2006. It provides computing power, storage, databases, networking, machine-learning tools, and many other services over the internet. Customers can rent infrastructure instead of buying and maintaining all the necessary servers themselves.

AWS became one of Amazon’s most important businesses and a major contributor to the company’s operating income. Its scale and recurring enterprise demand helped Amazon expand far beyond online retail and become one of the world’s largest companies by market capitalization.

A common mix-up is treating AWS as an independent public company. It is a business segment of Amazon.com, Inc. Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud are major competitors, but neither operates AWS. Amazon was founded as an online bookseller before expanding into a broad retail and technology company.