Manage HR Magazine | Wednesday, April 20, 2022
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FREMONT, CA: Data engineers are the driving force in meeting the Asia-Pacific region's exponential growth in data center needs, representing a skillset that combines hardware and software expertise. However, the industry is facing difficulties because there aren't enough qualified people for the position.
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In 2021, over 40 million new digital consumers in Southeast Asia joined the Internet economy, which is expected to grow to a USD1 trillion gross merchandise value economy by 2030. As market demands grow stronger, data center owners are also looking to achieve build cycles for six to nine months — a considerably shorter lead time compared to the traditional timeline of 12 to 18 months.
Singapore is already a popular choice for firms looking to develop data centres, and the Philippines has stepped up its game to become a possible regional leader in hyperscale data centers. The APJ region is currently riding a wave of innovation, according to the head of AWS Training and Certification in the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ), Amazon Web Services. As a result, the APJ region is becoming increasingly reliant on a digital workforce capable of meeting the rising demand for cloud computing.
Furthermore, according to AlphaBeta research, the demand for advanced cloud computing and data skills is expected to triple by 2025, with the number of workers requiring the ability to design and refine new cloud architectures growing at the fastest rate of all digital skills, at 36 percent per year. However, the question remains as to how the regional talent pool, which requires time for training and upskilling, will be able to close the supply-demand imbalance.
AWS is committed to solving the skills gap by empowering learners at all levels to rapidly gain cloud skills and thereby close the skills gap, with over 2.5 million people trained across the region since 2017. Over the last few years, there has been a shift toward virtual and digital training, as well as a desire to develop specialised abilities in shorter time periods
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