Amazon Bedrock expands API support and introduces Cross Region Inferencing for OpenAI models
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This article announces Amazon Bedrock's expansion of API support for OpenAI GPT-5.6 models (Sol, Terra, and Luna) with new cross-Region inference capabilities.
- OpenAI GPT-5.6 models now available on bedrock-runtime with Responses, Converse, and Chat Completions APIs
- Cross-Region inference automatically routes requests across multiple AWS Regions for higher throughput
- Geo cross-Region inference keeps data within predefined geographies, including new US Geo support
- Global cross-Region inference serves requests from any commercial AWS Region with lower per-token pricing
- Native OpenAI APIs integrate with existing Bedrock account controls, logging, and cost tracking
- Usage tracked in CloudWatch metrics, S3/CloudWatch Logs, and AWS Cost Explorer
These enhancements enable customers to optimize throughput and costs while maintaining consistent governance across OpenAI models on Bedrock.
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