By Jess Jones Amazon Web Services (AWS) is planning to invest £8bn to build, maintain and operate a number of data centres in the UK over the next five years. The tech giant’s cloud division estimates the cash injection will contribute £14bn to the UK’s total gross domestic product (GDP) through to 2028, and will support an average of over 14,000 full-time equivalent jobs every year at local businesses. Phil Le-Brun, director of enterprise strategy at AWS, told City A.M. that the funding is “part of our long standing AWS commitment to support growth and productivity across the country.” Amazon…