AWS Local Zone now generally available in Athens, Greece
AWS has launched a new Local Zone in Athens, Greece, bringing compute and storage services closer to users within the country. This expansion aims to help organizations meet data residency requirements and reduce latency for applications requiring in-country processing. The Athens Local Zone supports a range of services including EC2, S3, EBS, ECS, and EKS, and is accessible via standard AWS APIs.
- →General availability of AWS Local Zone in Athens, Greece
- →Support for EC2 C7i, M7i, and R7i instances
- →Benefits for specific use cases and compliance
- →Enabling the Athens Local Zone
Features (2) ›
- General availability of AWS Local Zone in Athens, Greece
A new AWS Local Zone is now generally available in Athens, Greece. This zone supports key services like Amazon S3 and Amazon EBS Local Snapshots to facilitate in-country data processing and residency compliance.
- Support for EC2 C7i, M7i, and R7i instances
The Athens Local Zone offers Amazon EC2 instances from the C7i, M7i, and R7i families. It also supports Amazon S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access, various Amazon EBS volume types, and services such as ECS, EKS, VPC, Direct Connect, and Application Load Balancer.
Notes (2) ›
- Benefits for specific use cases and compliance
The new Local Zone is beneficial for public sector services needing to meet strict data residency rules, financial applications requiring local processing, and real-time gaming or interactive experiences. Customers can leverage existing AWS APIs, tools, and security features with pay-as-you-go pricing.
- Enabling the Athens Local Zone
To use the Athens Local Zone (eu-central-1-ath-1a), customers can enable it through the AWS Global View or by using the ModifyAvailabilityZoneGroup API. Detailed pricing and overview information are available on the AWS Local Zones pricing and overview pages.
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/07/aws-local-zone-athens-greece/
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