AWS News Blog

I’ve always been fascinated by how quickly we’re able to stand up new Regions and Availability Zones at AWS. Today there are 36 launched Regions and 114 launched Availability Zones. That’s amazing! This past week at AWS was marked by significant expansion to our global infrastructure. The announcement of a new Region in the works […]

AWS announces plans to launch a new AWS Region in Chile by the end of 2026 with three Availability Zones, marking the third AWS Region in Latin American alongside existing Regions in São Paulo and Mexico, and bringing AWS infrastructure and services closer to Chile including AI capabilities while supporting data residency requirements.

Amazon EBS introduces a new Provisioned Rate for Volume Initialization to accelerate data transfer from EBS snapshots to new EBS volumes by specifying a consistent volume initialization rate, improving workflow efficiency and predictability.

Last week I went to Thailand to attend the AWS Summit Bangkok. It was an energizing and exciting event. We hosted the Developer Lounge, where developers can meet, discuss ideas, enjoy lightning talks, win SWAGs at AWS Builder ID Prize Wheel, take a challenge at Amazon Q Developer Coding Challenge, or learn Generative AI at […]

Amazon Q Developer is now available in preview on GitHub, enabling developers to assign tasks to an AI agent that can develop features, conduct code reviews, enhance security, and migrate Java code, all directly within GitHub issues.

This new interactive, agentic coding experience for Visual Studio Code allows Q Developer to intelligently take actions on behalf of the developer.

Nova Premier is designed to excel at complex tasks requiring deep context understanding, multistep planning, and coordination across tools and data sources. It has capabilities for processing text, images, and videos while also serving as a teacher model for distilling smaller, more efficient models for production use.

AWS announces significant upgrades to Outposts racks, featuring the latest x86-powered EC2 instances and new accelerated networking options designed for ultra-low latency and high-throughput on-premises workloads.