Amazon Web Services To Launch AWS European Sovereign Cloud, Users Can Retain Metadata Generated Within European Union

Amazon.Com, Inc. AMZN said its unit Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to launch the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, a new, independent cloud for Europe designed to help public sector customers.

The AWS European Sovereign Cloud is also meant for those in highly regulated industries to meet the most stringent regulatory data residency and operational requirements. 

The cloud will also address evolving data residency and resilience requirements in the European Union (EU), allowing customers to keep all metadata they create in the EU.

Based in Europe, the AWS European Sovereign Cloud will be physically and logically separate from existing AWS Regions, with the same security, availability, and performance of existing AWS Regions.

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The AWS European Sovereign Cloud will launch with its first AWS Region in Germany and will be available to all European customers. 

Only EU-resident AWS employees located in the EU will have control of the operations and support for the AWS European Sovereign Cloud.

AWS European Sovereign Cloud will drive economic development through investing in infrastructure, jobs, and skills in communities and countries across Europe. 

As part of a continued commitment to contribute to the development of digital skills, AWS will hire and develop additional local personnel to operate and support the AWS European Sovereign Cloud.

Claudia Plattner, German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) president said, "We are aware of the innovative power of modern cloud services, and we want to help make them securely available for Germany and Europe. The C5 (Cloud Computing Compliance Criteria Catalogue), which was developed by the BSI, has significantly shaped cybersecurity cloud standards, and AWS was, in fact, the first cloud service provider to receive the BSI's C5 testate. In this respect, we are very pleased to constructively accompany the local development of an AWS cloud, which will also contribute to European sovereignty, in terms of security."

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Price Action: AMZN shares are trading lower by 1.60% to $126.50 premarket on the last check Wednesday.