Document history for AWS Regions and Availability Zones

The following table describes the documentation releases for Regions and Zones.

Change	Description	Date
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)	Launched the Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region (ap-southeast-6).	September 2, 2025
Asia Pacific (Taipei)	Launched the Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region (ap-east-2).	June 6, 2025
Geography	The geography of a Region is the specific physical location of its infrastructure. This information can help you meet your regularly, compliance, and operational requirements.	March 25, 2025
Mexico (Central)	Launched the Mexico (Central) Region (mx-central-1).	January 14, 2025
Asia Pacific (Thailand)	Launched the Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region (ap-southeast-7).	January 7, 2025
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)	Launched the Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region (ap-southeast-5).	August 21, 2024
Canada West (Calgary)	Launched the Canada West (Calgary) Region (ca-west-1).	December 20, 2023
Israel (Tel Aviv)	Launched the Israel (Tel Aviv) Region (il-central-1).	August 1, 2023
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)	Launched the Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region (ap-southeast-4).	January 23, 2023
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)	Launched the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region (ap-south-2).	November 22, 2022
Europe (Spain)	Launched the Europe (Spain) Region (eu-south-2).	November 15, 2022
Europe (Zurich)	Launched the Europe (Zurich) Region (eu-central-2).	November 8, 2022
Middle East (UAE)	Launched the Middle East (UAE) Region (me-central-1).	August 29, 2022
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)	Launched the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region (ap-southeast-3).	December 13, 2021
Europe (Milan)	Launched the Europe (Milan) Region (eu-south-1).	April 27, 2020
Africa (Cape Town)	Launched the Africa (Cape Town) Region (af-south-1).	April 22, 2020
Middle East (Bahrain)	Launched the Middle East (Bahrain) Region (me-south-1).	July 30, 2019
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	Launched the Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Region (ap-east-1).	April 25, 2019
Europe (Stockholm)	Launched the Europe (Stockholm) Region (eu-north-1).	December 12, 2018
AZ IDs	An AZ ID is the unique and consistent identifier for an Availability Zone. Use AZ IDs to determine the physical location of your resources relative to resources in another account.	November 27, 2018
Asia Pacific (Osaka)	Launched the Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region (ap-northeast-3) as a local Region. It became a generally available Region on March 1, 2021.	February 12, 2018
Europe (Paris)	Launched the Europe (Paris) Region (eu-west-3).	December 18, 2017
Europe (London)	Launched the Europe (London) Region (eu-west-2).	December 14, 2016
Canada (Central)	Launched the Canada (Central) Region (ca-central-1).	December 8, 2016
US East (Ohio)	Launched the US East (Ohio) Region (us-east-2).	October 17, 2016
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	Launched the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region (ap-south-1).	June 27, 2016
Asia Pacific (Seoul)	Launched the Asia Pacific (Seoul) Region (ap-northeast-2).	January 6, 2016
Europe (Frankfurt)	Launched the Europe (Frankfurt) Region (eu-central-1).	October 23, 2014
Asia Pacific (Sydney)	Launched the Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region (ap-southeast-2).	November 12, 2012
South America (São Paulo)	Launched the South America (São Paulo) Region (sa-east-1).	December 14, 2011
US West (Oregon)	Launched the US West (Oregon) Region (us-west-2).	November 9, 2011
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	Launched the Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region (ap-northeast-1).	March 2, 2011
Asia Pacific (Singapore)	Launched the Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region (ap-southeast-1).	April 29, 2010
US West (N. California)	Launched the US West (N. California) Region (us-west-1).	December 3, 2009
Europe (Ireland)	Launched the Europe (Ireland) Region (eu-west-1).	December 10, 2008
US East (N. Virginia)	Launched the US East (N. Virginia) Region (us-east-1).	August 25, 2006