re:Invent 2025 - AWS Bets Big on Agentic AI, Underscores Sovereignty, and Advances Quantum Innovation

This IDC study analyzes the key announcements from AWS re:Invent 2025 and presents insights from IDC analysts in the Middle East and Africa who attended the event. AWS reinforced its strategy to lead the next phase of cloud and AI adoption through agentic AI, vertically integrated AI infrastructure and platforms, partnership-driven ecosystems, and sovereign cloud. From a MEA perspective, these announcements signal accelerating demand for sovereign, partner-led cloud models, AI-enabled modernization, and scalable agentic architectures, with significant implications for cloud adoption, regulation, and competitive dynamics across the region.