New AWS Europe (Stockholm) Region expands cloud pioneer’s global footprint

Amazon Web Services opens new Region in Sweden. Source: shutterstock.com

Amazon Web Services announced the opening of the AWS Europe (Stockholm) Region. With this launch, AWS now provides 60 Availability Zones across 20 infrastructure regions globally, with another 12 Availability Zones and four regions in?Bahrain, Hong Kong SAR,?Italy, and?South Africa?all coming online by the first half of 2020.

The AWS Europe (Stockholm) Region is AWS’s fifth in?Europe, joining existing regions in?France,?Germany,?Ireland, and the?UK. Developers, startups, and enterprises, as well as government, education, and non-profit organizations can leverage the new AWS Europe (Stockholm) Region to run their applications in?Sweden.

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