AWS Geographic Regions and Availability Zones
Global Network of AWS Regions
Availability Zones means group of Data Centers who are all interconnected to provide high availability and redundancy and are geographically in close proximity.
Regions is a geographical area with 2 or more availability zones.
AWS at present has:
AWS at present has:
- 69 Availability Zones
- 22 geographic regions
New regions and AZ has been announced:
- 9 more Availability Zones and
- 3 more Regions in Cape Town, Jakarta, and Milan
North America
The AWS Cloud in North America has 21 Availability Zones within six geographic Regions, with 44 Edge Network locations and two Regional Edge Cache locations.Edge Locations:
- Ashburn, VA (3);
- Atlanta GA (3);
- Boston, MA;
- Chicago, IL (2);
- Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (5);
- Denver, CO (2);
- Hayward, CA;
- Jacksonville, FL;
- Los Angeles, CA (4);
- Miami, FL (3);
- Minneapolis, MN;
- Montreal, QC;
- New York, NY (3);
- Newark, NJ (3);
- Palo Alto, CA;
- Phoenix, AZ;
- Philadelphia, PA;
- San Jose, CA (2);
- Seattle, WA (3);
- South Bend, IN;
- St. Louis, MO;
- Toronto, ON
Regional Edge Caches:
- Northern Virginia;
- Ohio;
- Oregon
South America
The AWS Cloud in South America has 3 Availability Zones within one geographic Region, with 4 Edge Network locations and 1 Regional Edge Cache location.Edge Locations:
- Rio de Janeiro (2), Brazil;
- Sao Paulo, Brazil (2)
Regional Edge Caches:
- Sao Paulo, Brazil
Europe / Middle East / Africa
The AWS Cloud in Europe, Middle East and Africa has 18 Availability Zones within 6 geographic Regions, with 39 Edge Network locations and 2 Regional Edge Cache locations.Regions (Availability Zones):
- Frankfurt (3),
- Ireland (3),
- London (3),
- Paris (3),
- Stockholm (3),
- Bahrain (3)
Edge Locations:
- Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2);
- Berlin, Germany;
- Cape Town, South Africa;
- Dublin, Ireland;
- Frankfurt, Germany (8);
- Helsinki, Finland;
- Johannesburg, South Africa;
- London, England (7);
- Madrid, Spain (2);
- Manchester, England;
- Marseille, France;
- Milan, Italy;
- Munich, Germany;
- Palermo, Italy;
- Paris, France (3);
- Prague, Czech Republic;
- Stockholm, Sweden (3);
- Vienna, Austria;
- Warsaw, Poland;
- Zurich, Switzerland;
- Lisbon, Portugal
Regional Edge Caches:
- Frankfurt, Germany;
- London, England
Asia Pacific
The AWS Cloud in Asia Pacific has 20 Availability Zones within 6 geographic Regions and 1 Local Region, with 34 Edge Network locations and 5 Regional Edge Cache locations.Regions (Availability Zones):
- Hong Kong SAR (3),
- Mumbai (3),
- Seoul (3),
- Singapore (3),
- Sydney (3),
- Tokyo (4),
- Osaka (1)
Edge Locations:
- Bangalore, India (3);
- Chennai, India (2);
- Hong Kong SAR, China (3);
- Hyderabad, India (4);
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;
- Mumbai, India (2);
- Manila, Philippines;
- New Delhi, India (5);
- Osaka, Japan;
- Seoul, South Korea (4);
- Singapore (3);
- Taipei, Taiwan(3);
- Tokyo, Japan (12);
- Melbourne; Perth;
- Sydney (2);
- Beijing, China (1);
- Shanghai, China (1);
- Zhongwei, China (1);
- Shenzhen, China (1)
Regional Edge Caches:
- Mumbai, India;
- Singapore;
- Seoul, South Korea;
- Tokyo, Japan;
- Sydney, Australia
Local Regions:
- Osaka
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