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Accelerate generative AI innovation in Canada with Amazon Bedrock cross-Region inference

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This article announces Amazon Bedrock cross-Region inference (CRIS) availability for Canadian organizations, enabling access to advanced foundation models like Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Claude Haiku 4.5.

  • Canadian customers can access latest foundation models via cross-Region inference from ca-central-1
  • Two CRIS profile types: US routing and Global routing for flexible deployment options
  • Data at rest remains in Canada; only transient inference processing occurs in destination regions
  • Provides higher throughput, automatic burst handling, and greater resiliency during peak periods
  • Quota management performed at source region level (ca-central-1) with 5x burndown rate for Claude Sonnet 4.5 output tokens
  • Includes IAM configuration examples and Python code for getting started with Converse API
  • Migration guidance provided for transitioning from older Claude models to Claude 4.5

CRIS enables Canadian organizations to leverage cutting-edge AI models while maintaining data governance and compliance requirements, with faster access to new models without compromising local data residency.



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