AWS Local Zone in Las Vegas, Nevada, Now Generally Available
AWS has launched a new Local Zone in Las Vegas, Nevada, expanding its infrastructure closer to metropolitan areas to provide localized compute, storage, and networking capabilities. This new zone is now generally available, supporting a range of Amazon EC2 instances (C7i, M7i, R7i, C8gn), EBS volumes (gp3, gp2, io1, sc1, st1), ECS, EKS, Application Load Balancer, and Direct Connect. It aims to achieve single-digit millisecond latency for end-user workloads, meet data residency requirements, and support AI/ML inference tasks. Customers can enable the Las Vegas Local Zone (us-west-2-las-2a) via the AWS Global View or ModifyAvailabilityZoneGroup API.
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- New AWS Local Zone in Las Vegas, Nevada Achieves General Availability
The AWS Local Zone (us-west-2-las-2a) is now generally available in Las Vegas, supporting Amazon EC2 C7i, M7i, R7i, and C8gn instances, along with gp3, gp2, io1, sc1, and st1 Amazon EBS volume types. This zone also supports Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, Application Load Balancer, and AWS Direct Connect, enabling customers to run low-latency and data-resident workloads closer to end-users, including AI/ML inference applications.
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/08/aws-local-zones-las-vegas-nevada/
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