FanDuel pens AWS partnership extension

FanDuel has agreed a strategic partnership extension with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for the provision of cloud-based technology for its US sportsbook offering.

Building on an agreement first made in 2009, FanDuel and AWS have committed to deepening their relationship to which will see key infrastructure transferred away from physical locations to a cloud-based approach.

It is understood FanDuel is also using AWS technology, including the AWS Customer Carbon Footprint Tool to further reduce its environmental impact and increase energy efficiency.

At the same time, FanDuel is using the artificial intelligence-powered Amazon Bedrock service to enhance its platform through machine learning.

“FanDuel is leveraging AWS’s proven, secure, and highly performant infrastructure to scale its support of millions of simultaneous players as they place bets, watch live content, and access real-time features,” AWS said in a press release confirming the new agreement.

“AWS has proven it can provide a secure and reliable infrastructure that helps scale our business quickly into new and existing markets while meeting important regulatory requirements,” FanDuel SVP of technology Shane Sweeney said.

“FanDuel is growing at an incredible pace, and we’re excited to collaborate with them to deliver services and solutions that help fuel their success,” Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Edge VP Jan Hofmeyr remarked.

“FanDuel is one of the largest users of AWS edge solutions and a perfect example of an organization using our consistent cloud infrastructure at the edge to help ensure regulatory compliance, while also increasing their performance, security, and scalability.

“AWS will continue to provide the capabilities needed to help reduce FanDuel’s time to market as they expand into new regions and continue to provide players with low latency gaming experiences,” the VP added.