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Amazon Bedrock now offers Canada cross-Region inference for Claude Haiku 5.5

Amazon Bedrock now provides cross-Region inference in Canada, allowing customers with strict data residency requirements to keep inference processing entirely within Canada

Amazon Bedrock offers Anthropic's Claude Haiku 5.5 cross-region inference (CRIS) for Canada, ensuring inference processing stays entirely within Canada. Canada CRIS routes requests only between ca-central-1 and ca-west-1, helping financial services, healthcare, public sectors, and other regulated industries meet federal and provincial data residency requirements. Offered as a limited-model-selection inference profile, it may not include future models or versions. It is recommended for workloads requiring inference processing to remain within Canada. For details, see Amazon Bedrock user guide: Limited-model-selection inference profile.

Why it matters

A feature for organizations in Canada with strict data residency requirements, such as financial services, healthcare, and the public sector

Regions: Listed in the official documentation

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