Access Anthropic Claude models in India on Amazon Bedrock with Global cross-Region inference
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This article announces Anthropic Claude models now available in India on Amazon Bedrock through Global cross-Region inference (CRIS), enabling seamless inference distribution across AWS regions.
- Claude Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6, and Haiku 4.5 accessible from Mumbai and Hyderabad regions
- Global CRIS routes requests across commercial AWS regions for higher throughput and reliability
- Handles peak demand during Indian festivals, tax season, and sporting events with 3-5x traffic spikes
- Inference profiles use global model IDs like global.anthropic.claude-opus-4-6-v1
- Access via AWS Console playgrounds or programmatically using Converse, InvokeModel, and streaming APIs
- CloudWatch Gen AI observability and CloudTrail tracking show request origin and destination regions
- Model invocation logging captures performance metrics and token usage for monitoring
Global CRIS enables Indian enterprises to scale AI applications without manual multi-region orchestration, maintaining performance during high-traffic periods while improving resilience and reducing operational complexity.
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