Cloud computing takes a stronger meaning in Australia today, with the darling of the internet world, Amazon, finally announcing it will be offering a full range of services to government agencies, academic institutions, developers and businesses of all sizes onshore.

As widely expected, Amazon.com's cloud computing arm Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the new Sydney data centre overnight Tuesday, via a blog post. It will offer the company's best known services including Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), DynamoDB and Simple Storage Service (S3).

The new facility will cater for customers tempted by the cloud computing giant's scale and easy self-serve model, but restricted in their choice of provider by data sovereignty requirements.

Amazon did not reveal the location of the facility, but it is expected it will be housed in Equinix's new SYD3 data centre to be officially opened by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy on Thursday November 15. Prospective customers will be told more details today (Tuesday) when the company holds its love-in, a Customer Appreciation Day, at The Westin hotel in Martin Place, Sydney.