AWS Regions
AWS has Regions all around the world.
• AWS has Regions all around the world
• Names can be us-east-1, eu-west-3…
• A region is a cluster of data centers
• Most AWS services are region-scoped
How to choose an AWS Region?
Compliance with data governance and legal requirements: data never leaves a region without your explicit permission.
Proximity to customers: reduced latency
Available services within a Region: new services and new features aren’t available in every Region.
Pricing: pricing varies region to region and is transparent in the service pricing page
List of All the Regions
1
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
2
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
3
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
4
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
5
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
6
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
7
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
8
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
9
ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
10
sa-east-1
South America (São Paulo)
11
cn-north-1
China (Beijing)
12
ap-south-1
India (Mumbai)
AWS upcoming regions
1
N/A
OHIO
2
N/A
MONTREAL
3
N/A
UK
4
N/A
INDIA
5
N/A
NINGXIA
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