Outposts racks extend AWS infrastructure and services into on-premises or colocation data centers, offering consistent hybrid cloud experiences. Extending support to these regions in 2026 enables customers in South America and Europe to better meet data residency, latency, and compliance requirements by connecting Outposts racks locally.
This regional expansion supports diverse workloads needing low-latency access to local systems while managing applications centrally in AWS. It facilitates hybrid architectures for enterprises, public sector, and startups, enhancing cloud adoption across geographically distributed data centers with AWS-managed hardware.
Source & further reading
Second-generation AWS Outposts racks are now supported in additional AWS Regions ↗Source published 2026-01-16. This report was prepared with AI assistance from the linked primary-source material. Claims and limitations should be checked against the original announcement or research.