OpenAI open weight models expand to new regions on AWS Bedrock

Today, AWS announces the expansion of OpenAI open weight models on AWS Bedrock to eight new regions. This expansion brings these powerful AI models closer to customers in various parts of the world, enabling lower latency and improved performance for a wide range of AI-powered applications. With this expansion, the OpenAI open weight models are now available in the following AWS Regions: US East (N. Virginia), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Europe (Stockholm), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Europe (Ireland), South America (São Paulo), Europe (London), and Europe (Milan), in addition to the previously supported region of US West (Oregon). This broader availability allows more customers to leverage these state-of-the-art AI models while keeping their data within their preferred geographic locations, helping to address data residency requirements and reduce network latency. To learn more about OpenAI open weight models on AWS Bedrock and how to get started, visit the [Amazon Bedrock console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/?trk=e61dee65-4ce8-4738-84db-75305c9cd4fe&sc%5Fchannel=el) or check out our [documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/model-parameters-openai.html). For more information about the initial release of these models on AWS Bedrock, refer to our previous [blog post](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/openai-open-weight-models-now-available-on-aws/).