--- title: Opening the AWS European Sovereign Cloud | daily.dev description: AWS European Sovereign Cloud is now generally available, offering a physically and logically separate cloud infrastructure located entirely within the EU. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/opening-the-aws-european-sovereign-cloud-wzbrpdlzk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Opening the AWS European Sovereign Cloud | daily.dev og:description: AWS European Sovereign Cloud is now generally available, offering a physically and logically separate cloud infrastructure located entirely within the EU. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/opening-the-aws-european-sovereign-cloud-wzbrpdlzk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WZBrpDLZk.png og:image:alt: Opening the AWS European Sovereign Cloud og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Opening the AWS European Sovereign Cloud **[AWS](https://daily.dev/sources/aws)** · 41 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AWS European Sovereign Cloud is now generally available, offering a physically and logically separate cloud infrastructure located entirely within the EU. The first region is in Brandenburg, Germany, with plans to expand across the EU through Local Zones in Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugal. The infrastructure is operated exclusively by EU residents, managed through German legal entities, and features enhanced data residency controls with no critical dependencies on non-EU personnel or infrastructure. It provides comprehensive AWS services including EC2, Lambda, SageMaker, Bedrock, and various database and storage options, backed by a €7.8 billion investment expected to contribute €17.2 billion to the European economy through 2040. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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