Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is opening a training center in Crystal City that will offer free in-person cloud computing classes to adults lacking a background in tech.
The AWS Skills Center is a 10,000-square-foot, multipurpose space at 1550 Crystal Drive designed for events and classrooms to teach cloud computing for entry level cloud roles. It also houses exhibits on the impact of Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud computing arm.
The Arlington center, located near where Amazon is building its second headquarters, will debut Tuesday. It is the company’s second such facility; the first opened last year in Seattle.
“The purpose is to bring cloud computing to life for the local community,” said Kevin Kelly, Amazon Web Service’s director of cloud career training programs. “Help them understand the wide array of jobs and opportunities that exist in the cloud and what do some of those training pathways look like.”
The center will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday…
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