AWS continues to grow rapidly and drive profits for its parent company.
Amazon Web Services reported revenue growth of 41% on Thursday, as the cloud-computing division continues to provide substantial profit for its parent company.
AWS remains the dominant provider of cloud servers and storage to businesses looking to offload their data center infrastructure, but Microsoft Azure is rapidly becoming a stronger competitor and is winning notable deals, particularly in retail. Microsoft said on Wednesday that Azure revenue surged 73% in the latest quarter, helping the company top analyst estimates for profit and sales.
Operating income for AWS in the quarter was $2.2 billion. The unit accounted for about 50% of Amazon's overall operating income. AWS' operating margin was 29%, similar to the prior quarter.
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