Introducing Anthropic models on Amazon Bedrock for in-region inference in Seoul and Singapore
Amazon Bedrock has expanded its regional inference offering by adding Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 and Claude Sonnet 5 to the Seoul region, and Claude Sonnet 5 to Singapore. This enables customers in South Korea and Singapore to run large‑language‑model workloads locally, reducing cross‑border data transfer and meeting stricter data residency requirements. The addition keeps Bedrock’s unified API surface while leveraging Anthropic’s latest model releases, though the new models are currently limited to these two regions. Engineers can now deploy Claude‑based pipelines directly from Bedrock with minimal changes to existing code.
⚡ Key Takeaways
- Claude Opus 5 and Claude Sonnet 5 are now available for in‑region inference in Seoul.
- Claude Sonnet 5 is also available in Singapore, expanding local model coverage.
- Bedrock’s regional inference architecture allows inference to be processed entirely within the chosen AWS region, improving latency and compliance.
- Integration is performed via the Bedrock API by specifying the region endpoint (e.g., `ap-northeast-2` for Seoul, `ap-southeast-
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