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Announcing new AWS Wavelength Zone in Dakar

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AWS has launched a new Wavelength Zone in Dakar, Senegal, marking its first infrastructure deployment in Sub-Saharan Africa through a partnership with Sonatel, an Orange affiliate.

  • Provides AWS compute and storage services to West African customers
  • Enables applications with low-latency and data residency requirements
  • Offers operational consistency and cloud security similar to AWS Regions
  • Supports use cases like AI/ML inference, gaming, and fraud detection
  • First AWS Wavelength Zone in Sub-Saharan Africa

This launch expands AWS's edge computing infrastructure, providing local developers and enterprises with enhanced cloud services tailored to the West African market.



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