Now Open – AWS China (Ningxia) Region

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Today we launched our 17^th Region globally, and the second in China. The AWS China (Ningxia) Region, operated by Ningxia Western Cloud Data Technology Co. Ltd. (NWCD), is generally available now and provides customers another option to run applications and store data on AWS in China.

The Details
At launch, the new China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD, supports Auto Scaling, AWS Config, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CloudTrail, HAQM CloudWatch, CloudWatch Events, HAQM CloudWatch Logs, AWS CodeDeploy, AWS Direct Connect, HAQM DynamoDB, HAQM Elastic Compute Cloud (HAQM EC2), HAQM Elastic Block Store (HAQM EBS), HAQM EC2 Systems Manager, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, HAQM ElastiCache, HAQM Elasticsearch Service, Elastic Load Balancing, HAQM EMR, HAQM Glacier, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), HAQM Kinesis Data Streams, HAQM Redshift, HAQM Relational Database Service (HAQM RDS), HAQM Simple Storage Service (HAQM S3), HAQM Simple Notification Service (HAQM SNS), HAQM Simple Queue Service (HAQM SQS), AWS Support API, AWS Trusted Advisor, HAQM Simple Workflow Service (SWF), HAQM Virtual Private Cloud (HAQM VPC), and VM Import. Visit the AWS China Products page for additional information on these services.

The Region supports all sizes of C4, D2, M4, T2, R4, I3, and X1 instances.

Check out the AWS Global Infrastructure page to learn more about current and future AWS Regions.

Operating Partner
To comply with China’s legal and regulatory requirements, AWS has formed a strategic technology collaboration with NWCD to operate and provide services from the AWS China (Ningxia) Region. Founded in 2015, NWCD is a licensed datacenter and cloud services provider, based in Ningxia, China. NWCD joins Sinnet, the operator of the AWS China (Beijing) Region, as an AWS operating partner in China. Through these relationships, AWS provides its industry-leading technology, guidance, and expertise to NWCD and Sinnet, while NWCD and Sinnet operate and provide AWS cloud services to local customers. While the cloud services offered in both AWS China Regions are the same as those available in other AWS Regions, the AWS China Regions are different in that they are isolated from all other AWS Regions and operated by AWS’s Chinese partners separately from all other AWS Regions. Customers using the AWS China Regions enter into customer agreements with Sinnet and NWCD, rather than with AWS.

Use it Today
The AWS China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD, is open for business, and you can start using it now! Starting today, Chinese developers, startups, and enterprises, as well as government, education, and non-profit organizations, can leverage AWS to run their applications and store their data in the new AWS China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. Customers already using the China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet, can select the AWS China (Ningxia) Region directly from the AWS Management Console, while new customers can request an account at www.amazonaws.cn to begin using both AWS China Regions.

— Jeff;