What unexpected factor originally led Amazon to develop AWS (Amazon Web Services), now the world's largest cloud computing platform?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) revolutionized cloud computing and changed how businesses operate worldwide. But its creation story has some fascinating twists that many don't know about. This trivia question explores the unexpected origins of one of the most transformative retail innovations of the 21st century. Test your knowledge of how this retail giant's side project became a dominant force in technology.

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It began as an internal solution to handle seasonal shopping traffic spikes
It was designed as a direct response to Microsoft's Azure cloud platform launch
It started as a joint venture with IBM to compete against Google's cloud offerings
It was created to support Amazon's early streaming video service infrastructure