- Published on August 13, 2025
- In Global Tech
Why TiDB Thinks S3 Will Power the AI-First Database Era
“If you are not using S3, you cannot provide a flexible and cost-efficient solution to the AI applications.”
Image by Nalini Nirad
- By Ankush Das
With AI integrated into every technology, things are constantly evolving to accommodate the changing nature of AI. The same goes for database technologies. With the increasing volume of data and the need to manage it, companies like TiDB are taking various approaches to provide a solution.
Ed Huang, CTO of PingCAP (parent company of TiDB), believes that Amazon S3 has quietly become the backbone of scalable databases. In a recent conversation with AIM, Huang explained that TiDB uses S3 for storage to improve elasticity, resilience, and cost efficiency, emphasising the importance of developer experience.
For Huang, the journey towards S3-backed architectures began long before cloud computing became the default.
He explained that a key challenge in building a distributed storag
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Ankush Das
I am a tech aficionado and a computer science graduate with a keen interest in AI, Coding, Open Source, Global SaaS, and Cloud. Have a tip? Reach out to ankush.das@aimmediahouse.com
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