AWS Geographic Infrastructure
AWS Geographies represent strategic market boundaries that ensure data sovereignty and regulatory compliance while enabling cust
Global Geographic Distribution
AWS organizes its cloud infrastructure into distinct geographies to help customers meet their data residency, compliance, and latency requirements. Each geography serves a specific market area and contains multiple regions for redundancy.
| Geography | Regions |
|---|---|
| South Africa | af-south-1Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1Launched 2020 |
| Hong Kong | ap-east-1Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1Launched 2019 |
| Taiwan | ap-east-2Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 |
| Japan | ap-northeast-1Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1Launched 2011 ap-northeast-3Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3Launched 2021 |
| South Korea | ap-northeast-2Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2Launched 2016 |
| India | ap-south-1Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1Launched 2016 ap-south-2Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2Launched 2022 |
| Singapore | ap-southeast-1Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1Launched 2010 |
| Australia | ap-southeast-2Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2Launched 2012 ap-southeast-4Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4Launched 2023 |
| Indonesia | ap-southeast-3Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3Launched 2021 |
| Malaysia | ap-southeast-5Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5Launched 2024 |
| New Zealand | ap-southeast-6Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6Launched 2025 |
| Thailand | ap-southeast-7Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7Launched 2025 |
| Canada | ca-central-1Canada (Central) ca-central-1Launched 2016 ca-west-1Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1Launched 2023 |
| Germany | eu-central-1Europe (Frankfurt) eu-central-1Launched 2014 |
| Switzerland | eu-central-2Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2Launched 2022 |
| Sweden | eu-north-1Europe (Stockholm) eu-north-1Launched 2018 |
| Italy | eu-south-1Europe (Milan) eu-south-1Launched 2020 |
| Spain | eu-south-2Europe (Spain) eu-south-2Launched 2022 |
| Ireland | eu-west-1Europe (Ireland) eu-west-1Launched 2007 |
| United Kingdom | eu-west-2Europe (London) eu-west-2Launched 2016 |
| France | eu-west-3Europe (Paris) eu-west-3Launched 2017 |
| Israel | il-central-1Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1Launched 2023 |
| United Arab Emirates | me-central-1Middle East (UAE) me-central-1Launched 2022 |
| Bahrain | me-south-1Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1Launched 2019 |
| Mexico | mx-central-1Mexico (Central) mx-central-1Launched 2025 |
| Brazil | sa-east-1South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1Launched 2011 |
| United States | us-east-1US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1Launched 2006 us-east-2US East (Ohio) us-east-2Launched 2016 us-west-1US West (N. California) us-west-1Launched 2009 us-west-2US West (Oregon) us-west-2Launched 2011 |