Announcing the new AWS Europe (Milan) Region

Posted on: Apr 27, 2020

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is announcing the immediate availability of the AWS Europe (Milan) Region, which is the first region in Italy launched by a major cloud provider. This new region is also the sixth AWS region in Europe. The AWS Europe (Milan) Region consists of three Availability Zones and with this launch, AWS now offers 24 Regions and 76 Availability Zones worldwide, serving customers in over 190 countries. The new AWS Europe (Milan) Region adds to the existing infrastructure AWS has in Italy, which includes five Edge locations (three in Milan, one in Palermo, and one in Rome) and an AWS Direct Connect Location in Milan which connects to the Europe (Frankfurt) Region.

The AWS Europe (Milan) Region will enable opportunities to drive innovation across the country and Europe. Italian organizations from startups to enterprise and the public sector now have infrastructure in their country to leverage advanced technologies such as Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Database, and Internet of Things (IoT). To see a complete list of AWS services available in the AWS Europe (Milan) Region please visit the AWS Region Table. Pricing for the AWS Europe (Milan) Region is available on the detail page for each respective AWS service.