AWS News Blog
Category: Regions
In the works – AWS South America (Chile) Region
AWS announces plans to launch a new AWS Region in Chile by the end of 2026 with three Availability Zones, marking the third AWS Region in Latin American alongside existing Regions in São Paulo and Mexico, and bringing AWS infrastructure and services closer to Chile including AI capabilities while supporting data residency requirements.
In the works – New Availability Zone in Maryland for US East (Northern Virginia) Region
AWS is adding a new Availability Zone in Maryland to the US East (Northern Virginia) Region by 2026, enhancing redundancy and supporting growing AI workloads while maintaining high-bandwidth, low-latency network connections.
Detailed geographic information for all AWS Regions and Availability Zones is now available
AWS is expanding its global infrastructure, now providing increased transparency about the specific geographic locations of its 114 Availability Zones across 36 regions to help customers meet regulatory requirements and make informed deployment decisions.
Now open — AWS Mexico (Central) Region
AWS launches its first cloud Region in Mexico, enabling digital transformation with local infrastructure, delivering low latency, and helping customers meet data residency requirements, backed by a planned $5 billion investment over 15 years.
Announcing the new AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region
AWS launches Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region with 3 Availability Zones, accelerating cloud adoption. Strategically located to meet data residency needs, it drives innovation across industries. Early AWS adopters in Thailand share transformative success stories. Get started now!
Now open — AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region
The new AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region bolsters cloud innovation, empowering local businesses and government initiatives while aligning with Malaysia’s sustainability goals through Amazon’s renewable energy commitment.
AWS Weekly Roundup: Advanced capabilities in Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Q, and more (July 15, 2024).
July 16, 2024: Updated link for “IDE workspace context awareness in Amazon Q Developer chat” As expected, there were lots of exciting launches and updates announced during the AWS Summit New York. You can quickly scan the highlights in Top Announcements of the AWS Summit in New York, 2024. My colleagues and fellow AWS News […]
AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon S3 Access Grants, AWS Lambda, European Sovereign Cloud Region, and more (July 8, 2024).
I counted only 21 AWS news since last Monday, most of them being Regional expansions of existing services and capabilities. I hope you enjoyed a relatively quiet week, because this one will be busier. This week, we’re welcoming our customers and partners at the Jacob Javits Convention Center for the AWS Summit New York on […]