Celebrating 15 Years of AWS GovCloud (US): Built for the Nation’s Most Critical Missions

This article celebrates 15 years of AWS GovCloud (US), the cloud platform purpose-built for U.S. government security and compliance, highlighting its role in powering critical national missions.

• AWS GovCloud (US) launched in 2011 as the first cloud for U.S. government, enabling secure processing of sensitive data including ITAR-controlled information.
• Supports critical missions: NASA Mars/Moon operations, Census Bureau's 2020 census, Veterans Affairs benefits platform, Navy ERP system, HUD mortgage insurance, 9-1-1 emergency services, and law enforcement.
• Achieved FedRAMP Class D (High) and DoD Cloud Computing SRG Impact Level 4/5 authorizations with FIPS 140-3 cryptography and U.S. citizen-only operations.
• Expanded to two regions with multiple availability zones for multi-region active-active architectures and resiliency.
• Offers 20+ authorized AI models through Amazon Bedrock from Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Meta, NVIDIA, OpenAI, and xAI.
• Amazon announced up to $50 billion investment in AI and HPC supercomputing infrastructure for U.S. government agencies.

AWS GovCloud (US) continues advancing American AI leadership while maintaining the security and compliance standards required for the nation's most critical operations.