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		_m96l on Nov 6, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 in Two Locations: NY and... It doesn't hurt that there's a lot of government work being done in the area, especially in defense, at a time Amazon is becoming a major contractor for the US government.

wil421 on Nov 6, 2018 [–]

I second that. At my previous job we were looking at AWS and another tool in the FedRamp approved cloud.

From my perspective, Amazon wants a piece of government IT. Which is expensive due to regulations but also lucrative.

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