Today, AWS announced the opening of a new AWS Direct Connect location within the Chief Telecom HD data center near Taipei, ROC. By connecting your network to AWS at the new location, you gain private, direct access to all public AWS Regions (except those in China), AWS GovCloud Regions, and AWS Local Zones. This site is the third AWS Direct Connect location within ROC. This Direct Connect location offers dedicated 10 Gbps and 100 Gbps connections with MACsec encryption available.

AWS also announced the addition of 10Gbps and 100Gbps MACsec services in the existing Chunghwa Telecom data center near Taipei, ROC.

The Direct Connect service enables you to establish a private, physical network connection between AWS and your data center, office, or colocation environment. These private connections can provide a more consistent network experience than those made over the public internet.

For more information on the Direct Connect locations worldwide, visit the locations section of the Direct Connect product detail pages. Or, visit our getting started page to learn more about how to purchase and deploy Direct Connect.

 

​Today, AWS announced the opening of a new AWS Direct Connect location within the Chief Telecom HD data center near Taipei, ROC. By connecting your network to AWS at the new location, you gain private, direct access to all public AWS Regions (except those in China), AWS GovCloud Regions, and AWS Local Zones. This site is the third AWS Direct Connect location within ROC. This Direct Connect location offers dedicated 10 Gbps and 100 Gbps connections with MACsec encryption available.
AWS also announced the addition of 10Gbps and 100Gbps MACsec services in the existing Chunghwa Telecom data center near Taipei, ROC. The Direct Connect service enables you to establish a private, physical network connection between AWS and your data center, office, or colocation environment. These private connections can provide a more consistent network experience than those made over the public internet. For more information on the Direct Connect locations worldwide, visit the locations section of the Direct Connect product detail pages. Or, visit our getting started page to learn more about how to purchase and deploy Direct Connect.  

AWS WAF now supports matching incoming request against Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs). By monitoring and restricting traffic from specific ASNs, you can mitigate risks associated with malicious actors, comply with regulatory requirements, and optimize the performance and availability of your web applications. This new ASN Match Statement integrates seamlessly with existing WAF rules, making it easy for you to incorporate ASN based security controls into your overall web application defense strategy.

You can specify a list of ASNs to match against incoming request and take appropriate action such as block or allow the request. You can also use ASN in your rate-based rule statements. These rules aggregate requests according to your criteria, counts and rate limits the requests based on the rule’s evaluation window, request limit, and action settings.

ASN Match statement is available in all regions where AWS WAF is available. The rate-based rule support with ASN is available in regions where the enhanced rate-based rules are currently supported. There is no additional cost for using ASN in Match statement and rate-based rules, however standard AWS WAF charges still apply. For more information about the service, visit the AWS WAF page. For more information about pricing, visit the AWS WAF Pricing page

 

​AWS WAF now supports matching incoming request against Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs). By monitoring and restricting traffic from specific ASNs, you can mitigate risks associated with malicious actors, comply with regulatory requirements, and optimize the performance and availability of your web applications. This new ASN Match Statement integrates seamlessly with existing WAF rules, making it easy for you to incorporate ASN based security controls into your overall web application defense strategy. You can specify a list of ASNs to match against incoming request and take appropriate action such as block or allow the request. You can also use ASN in your rate-based rule statements. These rules aggregate requests according to your criteria, counts and rate limits the requests based on the rule’s evaluation window, request limit, and action settings. ASN Match statement is available in all regions where AWS WAF is available. The rate-based rule support with ASN is available in regions where the enhanced rate-based rules are currently supported. There is no additional cost for using ASN in Match statement and rate-based rules, however standard AWS WAF charges still apply. For more information about the service, visit the AWS WAF page. For more information about pricing, visit the AWS WAF Pricing page  

Today, AWS announces the general availability of the Invoice Summary API. This allows you to retrieve your AWS invoice summary details programmatically via SDK. You can retrieve multiple invoice summary details by making a single API call that accepts input parameters like AWS Account ID, AWS Invoice ID, billing period, or a date range as input.

The output of the Invoice Summary API will include data elements like Invoice Amount in base currency and tax currency, purchase order number and other meta data that can be found in this link. You can integrate the API to your accounts payable systems to automate invoice processing and improve efficiency. 

Invoice Summary API is available in all AWS Regions, except the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions and the China Regions.

 

​Today, AWS announces the general availability of the Invoice Summary API. This allows you to retrieve your AWS invoice summary details programmatically via SDK. You can retrieve multiple invoice summary details by making a single API call that accepts input parameters like AWS Account ID, AWS Invoice ID, billing period, or a date range as input. The output of the Invoice Summary API will include data elements like Invoice Amount in base currency and tax currency, purchase order number and other meta data that can be found in this link. You can integrate the API to your accounts payable systems to automate invoice processing and improve efficiency.  Invoice Summary API is available in all AWS Regions, except the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions and the China Regions.  

Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) is now available in AWS Region Asia Pacific (Malaysia).

Amazon MWAA is a managed service for Apache Airflow that lets you use the same familiar Apache Airflow platform as you do today to orchestrate your workflows and enjoy improved scalability, availability, and security without the operational burden of having to manage the underlying infrastructure. Learn more about using Amazon MWAA on the product page.
Please visit the AWS region table for more information on AWS regions and services. To learn more about Amazon MWAA visit the Amazon MWAA documentation.

Apache, Apache Airflow, and Airflow are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation in the United States and/or other countries.
 

 

​Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) is now available in AWS Region Asia Pacific (Malaysia). Amazon MWAA is a managed service for Apache Airflow that lets you use the same familiar Apache Airflow platform as you do today to orchestrate your workflows and enjoy improved scalability, availability, and security without the operational burden of having to manage the underlying infrastructure. Learn more about using Amazon MWAA on the product page. Please visit the AWS region table for more information on AWS regions and services. To learn more about Amazon MWAA visit the Amazon MWAA documentation. Apache, Apache Airflow, and Airflow are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation in the United States and/or other countries.    

Amazon Q Developer plugin for the Eclipse IDE is now generally available. With this launch, developers can leverage the power of Amazon Q Developer, the most capable generative AI-powered assistant for software development, within the Eclipse IDE.

Within the Eclipse IDE, you’ll now be able to utilize Amazon Q Developer’s agentic coding experience to seamlessly execute complex workflows. With this coding experience, Q Developer can intelligently take actions on your behalf. It can read your project files to intelligently build the context it needs, suggest code diffs, and run shell commands. As Q Developer works through your tasks, it provides continuous status updates, instantly applying your changes and feedback along the way. This helps Q Developer create code, generate unit tests, and perform code reviews significantly faster, streamlining development workflows across the entire software development lifecycle.

The Amazon Q Developer plugin for the Eclipse IDE is available in all AWS regions where Q Developer is supported. Learn more and download the free Amazon Q Developer plugin for Eclipse to get started.

 

​Amazon Q Developer plugin for the Eclipse IDE is now generally available. With this launch, developers can leverage the power of Amazon Q Developer, the most capable generative AI-powered assistant for software development, within the Eclipse IDE. Within the Eclipse IDE, you’ll now be able to utilize Amazon Q Developer’s agentic coding experience to seamlessly execute complex workflows. With this coding experience, Q Developer can intelligently take actions on your behalf. It can read your project files to intelligently build the context it needs, suggest code diffs, and run shell commands. As Q Developer works through your tasks, it provides continuous status updates, instantly applying your changes and feedback along the way. This helps Q Developer create code, generate unit tests, and perform code reviews significantly faster, streamlining development workflows across the entire software development lifecycle. The Amazon Q Developer plugin for the Eclipse IDE is available in all AWS regions where Q Developer is supported. Learn more and download the free Amazon Q Developer plugin for Eclipse to get started.  

Today, Amazon Q Developer announces support for the agentic coding experience within the JetBrains and Visual Studio IDEs. This experience, already available in Visual Studio Code and the Amazon Q Developer CLI, redefines how you write, modify, and maintain code by leveraging natural language understanding to seamlessly run complex workflows.

Agentic coding provides intelligent task execution, enabling Q Developer to perform actions beyond code suggestions, such as reading files, generating code diffs, and running command-line tasks. To get started, simply type in your prompt in your preferred spoken language. As Q Developer works through your tasks, it provides continuous status updates, instantly applying your changes and feedback along the way. This allows you to seamlessly complete tasks, while improving and streamlining the development process.

The agentic coding experience is available in all AWS regions where Q Developer is supported. To learn more about agentic coding in Visual Studio and JetBrains, read our blog.
 

 

​Today, Amazon Q Developer announces support for the agentic coding experience within the JetBrains and Visual Studio IDEs. This experience, already available in Visual Studio Code and the Amazon Q Developer CLI, redefines how you write, modify, and maintain code by leveraging natural language understanding to seamlessly run complex workflows. Agentic coding provides intelligent task execution, enabling Q Developer to perform actions beyond code suggestions, such as reading files, generating code diffs, and running command-line tasks. To get started, simply type in your prompt in your preferred spoken language. As Q Developer works through your tasks, it provides continuous status updates, instantly applying your changes and feedback along the way. This allows you to seamlessly complete tasks, while improving and streamlining the development process. The agentic coding experience is available in all AWS regions where Q Developer is supported. To learn more about agentic coding in Visual Studio and JetBrains, read our blog.    

AWS announces two updates to Amazon EC2 instances accelerated by NVIDIA GPUs.

Availability of savings plans for Amazon EC2 P6-B200 instances which were available at launch only through EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML.

Reduced pricing for Amazon EC2 P5 and P5en instances and Amazon EC2 P4d and P4de instances: The following pricing reductions apply to On Demand pricing beginning June 1, 2025 and to Savings Plan purchases effective after June 4, 2025: P5 – up to 45% reduction, P5en – up to 26% reduction, and P4d and P4de – up to 33% reduction. The percentages apply to instances running Amazon Linux, slightly smaller reductions apply to instances running other operating systems. To provide increased accessibility to reduced pricing, we are also making at-scale, On-Demand capacity available for:

• P4d in Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Canada (Central), Europe (London) Regions
• P4de in US East (N. Virginia) Region
• P5 in Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), South America (São Paulo) Regions
• P5en in Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Regions

The new pricing reflects AWS’s commitment to making advanced GPU computing more accessible while passing cost savings directly to customers. To learn more about the updated pricing please consult the EC2 pricing page.

 

​AWS announces two updates to Amazon EC2 instances accelerated by NVIDIA GPUs.
Availability of savings plans for Amazon EC2 P6-B200 instances which were available at launch only through EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML.
Reduced pricing for Amazon EC2 P5 and P5en instances and Amazon EC2 P4d and P4de instances: The following pricing reductions apply to On Demand pricing beginning June 1, 2025 and to Savings Plan purchases effective after June 4, 2025: P5 – up to 45% reduction, P5en – up to 26% reduction, and P4d and P4de – up to 33% reduction. The percentages apply to instances running Amazon Linux, slightly smaller reductions apply to instances running other operating systems. To provide increased accessibility to reduced pricing, we are also making at-scale, On-Demand capacity available for:

P4d in Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Canada (Central), Europe (London) Regions
P4de in US East (N. Virginia) Region
P5 in Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), South America (São Paulo) Regions
P5en in Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Regions

The new pricing reflects AWS’s commitment to making advanced GPU computing more accessible while passing cost savings directly to customers. To learn more about the updated pricing please consult the EC2 pricing page.  

Amazon EC2 now enables you to automatically delete underlying Amazon EBS snapshots when deregistering Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), allowing you to better manage your storage costs and simplify your AMI cleanup workflow.

Previously, when deregistering an AMI, you had to separately delete its associated EBS snapshots, which required additional steps. This process could lead to abandoned snapshots, resulting in unnecessary storage costs and resource management overhead. Now you can automatically delete EBS snapshots at the time of AMI deregistration.

This capability is available to all customers at no additional costs, and is enabled in all AWS commercial regions including AWS GovCloud (US), AWS China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet, and in the AWS China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD.

You can deregister AMIs from the EC2 Console, CLI, API, or SDK, and learn more in the AMI documentation.

 

​Amazon EC2 now enables you to automatically delete underlying Amazon EBS snapshots when deregistering Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), allowing you to better manage your storage costs and simplify your AMI cleanup workflow. Previously, when deregistering an AMI, you had to separately delete its associated EBS snapshots, which required additional steps. This process could lead to abandoned snapshots, resulting in unnecessary storage costs and resource management overhead. Now you can automatically delete EBS snapshots at the time of AMI deregistration. This capability is available to all customers at no additional costs, and is enabled in all AWS commercial regions including AWS GovCloud (US), AWS China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet, and in the AWS China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. You can deregister AMIs from the EC2 Console, CLI, API, or SDK, and learn more in the AMI documentation.  

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MariaDB now supports new community MariaDB minor versions 10.11.13 and 11.4.7. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest minor versions to fix known security vulnerabilities in prior versions of MariaDB, and to benefit from the bug fixes, performance improvements, and new functionality added by the MariaDB community.

You can leverage automatic minor version upgrades to automatically upgrade your databases to more recent minor versions during scheduled maintenance windows. You can also leverage Amazon RDS Managed Blue/Green deployments for safer, simpler, and faster updates to your MariaDB instances. Learn more about upgrading your database instances, including automatic minor version upgrades and Blue/Green Deployments, in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Amazon RDS for MariaDB makes it straightforward to set up, operate, and scale MariaDB deployments in the cloud. Learn more about pricing details and regional availability at Amazon RDS for MariaDB. Create or update a fully managed Amazon RDS database in the Amazon RDS Management Console.

 

​Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MariaDB now supports new community MariaDB minor versions 10.11.13 and 11.4.7. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest minor versions to fix known security vulnerabilities in prior versions of MariaDB, and to benefit from the bug fixes, performance improvements, and new functionality added by the MariaDB community. You can leverage automatic minor version upgrades to automatically upgrade your databases to more recent minor versions during scheduled maintenance windows. You can also leverage Amazon RDS Managed Blue/Green deployments for safer, simpler, and faster updates to your MariaDB instances. Learn more about upgrading your database instances, including automatic minor version upgrades and Blue/Green Deployments, in the Amazon RDS User Guide. Amazon RDS for MariaDB makes it straightforward to set up, operate, and scale MariaDB deployments in the cloud. Learn more about pricing details and regional availability at Amazon RDS for MariaDB. Create or update a fully managed Amazon RDS database in the Amazon RDS Management Console.  

Amazon Connect external voice transfer is now available in the Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Canada (Central), Europe (Frankfurt), and Europe (London) AWS Regions.

Amazon Connect external voice transfer enables Amazon Connect to directly transfer voice calls and metadata to other voice systems without using the public telephone network. You can use Amazon Connect telephony and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) with your existing voice systems to help improve customer experience and reduce costs.

For the list of AWS Regions where Amazon Connect external voice transfer is available, refer to Availability of Amazon Connect features by Region in the Amazon Connect Administrator Guide.

To learn more about Amazon Connect and other voice systems, review the following resources:

• Amazon Connect website and pricing
• External voice transfer – Amazon Connect Administrator Guide

 

​Amazon Connect external voice transfer is now available in the Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Canada (Central), Europe (Frankfurt), and Europe (London) AWS Regions. Amazon Connect external voice transfer enables Amazon Connect to directly transfer voice calls and metadata to other voice systems without using the public telephone network. You can use Amazon Connect telephony and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) with your existing voice systems to help improve customer experience and reduce costs. For the list of AWS Regions where Amazon Connect external voice transfer is available, refer to Availability of Amazon Connect features by Region in the Amazon Connect Administrator Guide. To learn more about Amazon Connect and other voice systems, review the following resources:

Amazon Connect website and pricing
External voice transfer – Amazon Connect Administrator Guide