AWS Support Fuels Kubernetes Innovation, Driving Global Adoption and Open Source Sustainability

AWS extends $3 million cloud credit grant to Kubernetes project, ensuring continued growth and resilience

 LONDON, April 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe, The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF^®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, today announced that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has renewed its commitment to Kubernetes with an additional $3 million in cloud credits for 2026. The investment ensures critical cloud infrastructure remains available for Kubernetes development, testing, and scalability; reinforcing AWS's multi-year commitment to open source sustainability.

AWS's support has played an important role in stabilizing Kubernetes infrastructure since its initial $200,000 cloud credit grant in 2019. In 2022, AWS furthered its support by committing up to $3 million annually for three years, a contribution that significantly expanded the project's infrastructure capabilities. The 2026 commitment is an extension of this multi-year investment and reflects AWS's growing support in recent years. This early investment laid the foundation for large-scale Kubernetes testing and continuous integration, enabling sustained infrastructure growth. Today, AWS collaborates closely with maintainers and contributors to ensure Kubernetes remains a reliable, high-performance platform for enterprises and developers worldwide.

"AWS has been a valued partner in supporting the cloud native ecosystem," said Chris Aniszczyk, CTO of CNCF. "This renewed credit contribution empowers our community to innovate, build, and test at scale, ensuring Kubernetes continues to meet the evolving needs of enterprises across clouds while maintaining cost-efficient, resilient infrastructure."

As one of the  infrastructure providers for Kubernetes, AWS supports release-blocking tests and scalability jobs running on up to 5,000 nodes—essential for maintaining Kubernetes' reliability and efficiency.

"Since announcing this initiative in 2022, we've witnessed how AWS infrastructure can accelerate innovation in the Kubernetes ecosystem," said Barry Cooks, VP Kubernetes at Amazon Web Services. "We continue to believe that it is our responsibility to help drive open source innovation forward and to support critical infrastructure powering that innovation. By extending this program through 2026, we're making a strategic investment in cloud native technology's future and ensuring that the Kubernetes community has the robust resources needed to drive technological advancement. We look forward to our continued work with the cloud native community and believe that strong industry collaborations are fundamental to advancing open source technologies that empower the entire developer community."

Expanding Kubernetes' infrastructure with support from major providers like AWS have significantly improved Kubernetes operations by enhancing scalability, security, and automation. These improvements have led to more efficient CI/CD processes, optimized resource utilization, and increased reliability for users worldwide.

"Cloud credit donations from major providers is essential for Kubernetes' sustainability," said Jeffrey Sica, the engineer who led CNCF's transition. "AWS's continued support has helped scale testing, improve performance, and streamline workflows, reducing bottlenecks and operational overhead."

Since 2019, AWS has expanded its contributions to meet Kubernetes' growing needs, supporting large-scale testing, maintaining a robust CI/CD pipeline, and optimizing overall project efficiency. This ongoing partnership enhances scalability, lowers costs, and ensures Kubernetes remains a resilient open source technology. Organizations benefit from reduced cross-cloud traffic costs and a sustainable multi-cloud infrastructure supporting long-term innovation.

Organizations and technology leaders can help sustain open source projects through infrastructure support, financial contributions, or active participation in developer communities, ensuring ongoing innovation and resilience. To learn more, visit AWS's company blog.

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About Cloud Native Computing Foundation

Cloud native computing empowers organizations to build and run scalable applications with an open source software stack in public, private, and hybrid clouds. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) hosts critical components of the global technology infrastructure, including Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Envoy. CNCF brings together the industry's top developers, end users, and vendors and runs the largest open source developer conferences in the world. Supported by more than 800 members, including the world's largest cloud computing and software companies, as well as over 200 innovative startups, CNCF is part of the nonprofit Linux Foundation. For more information, please visit www.cncf.io.

Media contact
CNCF: Kaitlin Thornhill ([email protected])
AWS: Danny McCrone ([email protected])

SOURCE Cloud Native Computing Foundation