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Amazon Bedrock expands Claude models in-region support in the UK (London)

Amazon Bedrock now supports in-region inference for Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5 in the UK (London) Region, enabling customers in financial services, healthcare, and the public sector to process data at scale within the country

Amazon Bedrock now supports on-region inference for Anthropic's Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5 models in the London region, allowing UK customers-including in finance, healthcare, and the public sector-to use these models at scale while keeping inference within the country. Amazon Bedrock processes inference requests and data only within the called region. For the latest model availability in each region, see the Amazon Bedrock User Guide under 'Model availability by region'. Access the Amazon Bedrock console to use cloud models with Amazon Bedrock.

Why it matters

Amazon Bedrock is a service for invoking AI models, providing a variety of AI models on a cloud computing platform. This update helps customers in the UK meet data privacy and compliance requirements by enabling in-country data processing.

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