Announcing the general availability of a new AWS Local Zone in Istanbul, Türkiye
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This article announces the general availability of a new AWS Local Zone in Istanbul, Türkiye, extending AWS infrastructure closer to end users and enabling local data residency.
- New AWS Local Zone in Istanbul brings single-digit millisecond latency for end-user workloads
- Supports EC2 C7i, M7i, R7i instances, S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access storage class
- Includes EBS, ECS, EKS, VPC, Direct Connect, and Application Load Balancer services
- Enables organizations to meet data residency requirements by storing data locally
- Enable zone eu-central-1-ist-1a via EC2 console or ModifyAvailabilityZoneGroup API
AWS Local Zones now available in 30+ metropolitan areas worldwide, supporting AI/ML inference and legacy application modernization.
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