Amazon announced today that the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, an independent cloud infrastructure for European customers, is now generally available. A first AWS Region located in the state of Brandenburg, Germany, is now operational, and Amazon is already planning to expand its footprint across the EU.
The AWS European Sovereign Cloud was first announced back in October 2023, and it’s launching during a period of increased geopolitical tensions between the US and the EU. This separate cloud infrastructure is available for all AWS customers worldwide, but it’s targeting customers from the public sector and other organizations with strict sovereignty requirements.
Amazon guarantees that its AWS European Sovereign Cloud is physically and logically separate from the rest of its AWS regions, with redundant power and networking allowing its services to continue to work when connectivity with the rest of the world is interrupted. The infrastructure will also be…
https://www.thurrott.com/amazon/331717/amazon-launches-aws-european-sovereign-cloud
