Amazon has announced it will build a training centre in Mississippi to support careers in cloud computing infrastructure with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and its network of contractors, partners and vendors.

The Amazon Community Workforce Accelerator Madison County will feature a variety of training courses for roles at AWS data centres and learning labs. Additionally, it will also provide equipment and support for job interviews, mentoring and fibre skills.

In January, Amazon announced plans to invest $10 billion in Mississippi to build two data centres which would create around 1,000 jobs. Amazon claimed the investment marked the single largest capital investment in Mississippi’s history and would add around an estimated $3.3 billion to Mississippi’s GDP.

“In addition to the direct benefits of new, technical jobs and local investment, we’re excited to partner with local community colleges and schools to accelerate local talent development, deliver new programmes to educate people of all ages, and have plans to help sponsor important local events,” said Kevin Miller, AWS vice president of global data centres.

“Amazon is the world’s largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy, and we’re excited to partner in delivering 650 megawatts of new solar energy projects to help power our operations in Mississippi.”

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