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AWS Data Residency and Sovereignty in 2026: Regions, Inference Boundaries, and What Actually Stays in Country
The AWS European Sovereign Cloud reached GA in Brandenburg on January 15, 2026—but most EU SaaS workloads still fit standard EU regions plus DPA/SCC. This guide separates data at rest, inference routing (Bedrock geographic vs global profiles), and when sovereign cloud is worth the premium.