Amazon S3 Tables now support automatic replication of Apache Iceberg tables

Amazon S3 Tables now support automatic replication of Apache Iceberg tables across AWS Regions and accounts. This new capability replicates your complete table structure, including all snapshots and metadata to reduce query latency and improve data accessibility for global analytics workloads. S3 Tables replication automatically creates read-only replica tables in your destination table buckets, backfills them with the latest state of the source table, and continuously monitors for new updates to keep replicas in sync. Replica tables can be configured with independent snapshot retention policies and encryption keys from source tables to meet compliance and data protection requirements. You can query replica tables using Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio or any Iceberg-compatible engine including Amazon Athena, Amazon Redshift, Apache Spark, and DuckDB. S3 Tables replication is now available in all [AWS Regions where S3 Tables are supported](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/s3-tables-regions-quotas.html). For pricing details, visit the [Amazon S3 pricing page](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/). To learn more about S3 Tables, visit the [product page](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/features/tables/), [documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/s3-tables-replication-tables.html), and read the [AWS News Blog](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/announcing-replication-support-and-intelligent-tiering-for-amazon-s3-tables).