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Region expansion

Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) is now generally available in 11 additional Regions

Amazon Keyspaces is a scalable, highly available, managed Apache Cassandra-compatible database service. It is now generally available in 11 additional Regions, enabling lower-latency Cassandra-compatible application development.

Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) is now generally available in 11 additional regions, allowing customers to build low-latency, Cassandra-compatible applications while meeting data residency requirements. It is a serverless, scalable, and highly available managed Apache Cassandra-compatible database service that charges only for resources used, supporting thousands of requests per second with virtually unlimited throughput and storage. For a list of available regions, see AWS Capabilities by Region.

Why it matters

Amazon Keyspaces is a scalable, highly available, managed Apache Cassandra-compatible database service. This update expands its availability to 11 additional Regions, enabling lower-latency application development that meets data residency requirements.

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