
AWS announces Dedicated Local Zones, a new dedicated infrastructure option that allows customers to deploy critical workloads in customer-specified locations with enhanced security, governance, and compliance controls while maintaining cloud elasticity and scalability.


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AWS has announced AWS Dedicated Local Zones, a new infrastructure option designed to help customers in public sector and regulated industries meet data sovereignty and compliance requirements.
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<li>Dedicated Local Zones are fully managed AWS infrastructure exclusively for a specific customer or community</li>
<li>Placed in customer-specified locations to comply with regulatory requirements</li>
<li>Offer additional security and governance features like data access monitoring and audit programs</li>
<li>Provide consistent AWS services and tools with enhanced data isolation</li>
<li>First customer is the Singapore Government's Smart Nation and Digital Government Group</li>
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This announcement is part of AWS's Digital Sovereignty Pledge, aimed at giving customers more control over their cloud infrastructure while maintaining AWS's comprehensive cloud capabilities.
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