Amazon Web Services (AWS) chalked up the biggest year-on-year revenue gain in its history during the fourth quarter of 2021, with the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to fuel demand for its public cloud offerings.
The final quarter of 2021 saw Amazon.com’s cloud arm continue to buck the law of big numbers with its revenue growth figures, with AWS reporting a 40% year-on-year uptick in its net sales figures.
AWS made $17.8bn in revenue during Q4, up from $12.7bn the previous year, and posted a full-year revenue figure of $62.2bn for the 2021 financial year, up from $45.4bn in Q4 2020.
