Amazon's computing unit AWS on Thursday said it planned to invest 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in Italy over the next five years in a further expansion of its data centre business in the country.

The plan was part of the tech giant’s effort to boost its cloud offer in Europe under which AWS launched its first cloud region in Italy in 2020 with the prospect to invest 2 billion euros by 2029.

The company said that such an investment would help about 5,500 jobs up until 2029. In 2020, AWS launched its first cloud region in Italy with the aim investing of 2 billion euros by 2029.