Previously omitting Local Zones, AWS Spot placement score now incorporates Local Zones into zonal and regional scoring, enabling users to evaluate Spot instance availability more comprehensively. This integration assists customers in making more informed decisions for their capacity requests targeting low-cost Spot resources.
The feature is accessible via EC2 Spot Console, CLI, and SDK, broadening capacity placement intelligence to include Local Zones, which extend AWS infrastructure closer to end-users to reduce latency. This update aids in optimizing Spot usage across AWS's evolving network of locations.
Source & further reading
Spot Placement Score now includes Local Zones ↗Source published 2026-08-13. 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.