--- title: Spot Placement Score now includes Local Zones | daily.dev description: AWS Spot placement score now supports Local Zones, letting users optionally include local zone capacity data when requesting zonal and regional scores.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/spot-placement-score-now-includes-local-zones-fevv1vp8p twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Spot Placement Score now includes Local Zones | daily.dev og:description: AWS Spot placement score now supports Local Zones, letting users optionally include local zone capacity data when requesting zonal and regional scores.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/spot-placement-score-now-includes-local-zones-fevv1vp8p og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/FeVV1Vp8p.png og:image:alt: Spot Placement Score now includes Local Zones 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. # Spot Placement Score now includes Local Zones **[AWS](https://daily.dev/sources/aws)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AWS Spot placement score now supports Local Zones, letting users optionally include local zone capacity data when requesting zonal and regional scores. Previously these scores excluded local zone information, limiting visibility into all available Spot capacity options. The feature is accessible via the EC2 Spot Console, AWS CLI, or SDK. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Does AWS Spot placement score now include Local Zones? Yes, AWS Spot placement score now optionally includes AWS Local Zones when returning zonal and regional scores. Previously, placement scores excluded local zone capacity data, limiting visibility into all Spot options. Users can request this broader view through the EC2 Spot Console, AWS CLI, or SDK to better identify where Spot capacity requests are likely to succeed. _Teams evaluating spot capacity strategy can track infrastructure updates like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AWS Global View now offers an interactive map view for AWS Regions and AWS Local Zones](https://daily.dev/posts/aws-global-view-now-offers-an-interactive-map-view-for-aws-regions-and-aws-local-zones-kohltj6gq) · AWS · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [AWS Management Console now displays AWS Local Zones in the Region Selector](https://daily.dev/posts/aws-management-console-now-displays-aws-local-zones-in-the-region-selector-lscynughj) · AWS · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [AWS Launches EC2 Capacity Manager for Centralized, Cross-Account Capacity Optimization](https://daily.dev/posts/aws-launches-ec2-capacity-manager-for-centralized-cross-account-capacity-optimization-ukljhrjls) · InfoQ · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#cloud](https://daily.dev/tags/cloud), [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/spot-placement-score-now-includes-local-zones-fevv1vp8p) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Spot Placement Score now includes Local Zones","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/spot-placement-score-now-includes-local-zones-fevv1vp8p","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/spot-placement-score-now-includes-local-zones-fevv1vp8p"},"datePublished":"2026-08-13T19:06:54.820Z","dateModified":"2026-08-13T19:07:56.350Z","description":"AWS Spot placement score now supports Local Zones, letting users optionally include local zone capacity data when requesting zonal and regional scores....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2587ee7271b19b73b7c9d67f739e4290?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2587ee7271b19b73b7c9d67f739e4290?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"AWS","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"AWS","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/aws","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/aws"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/spot-placement-score-now-includes-local-zones-fevv1vp8p","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"cloud,aws","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"AWS","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/aws"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Spot Placement Score now includes Local Zones"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/spot-placement-score-now-includes-local-zones-fevv1vp8p#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Does AWS Spot placement score now include Local Zones?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes, AWS Spot placement score now optionally includes AWS Local Zones when returning zonal and regional scores. 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