October 26, 2023 at 10:39AM
Amazon is launching an independent cloud for Europe, called the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, in order to address strict regulations faced by companies and the public sector in the European Union. This cloud will have the same security, availability, and performance as existing AWS regions but will be separate from them. It will allow customers to keep all data created in the EU and will have its own billing and usage systems. The first AWS Region within the European Sovereign Cloud will be in Germany.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is rolling out an independent cloud for Europe in order to address the strict regulations faced by companies and the public sector in the European Union. The AWS European Sovereign Cloud will be located in Europe and will have the same security, availability, and performance as existing AWS regions but will be separate from them. This cloud will allow customers to keep all metadata they create in the European Union and will have its own billing and usage metering systems. The development of a European AWS cloud will make it easier for public sector organizations and companies with high data security and protection requirements to use AWS services. Germany will be the first AWS Region within the AWS European Sovereign Cloud and will be available to all European customers. AWS infrastructure in Europe currently includes eight regions and the company plans to launch five more in Canada, Germany, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Thailand.