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.

GeographyRegions
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