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Releases, roadmap updates and news around the AWS European Sovereign Cloud.

  1. Feature added
    Amazon Application Recovery Controller↳ PrivateLink SupportMay 08, 2026·1d ago

    Feature "PrivateLink Support" was added on Amazon Application Recovery Controller.

  2. Feature live
    AWS Application Auto Scaling↳ SageMaker AI endpoint variants & SageMaker AI inference components & SageMaker AI Serverless provisioned concurrency Auto ScalingMay 08, 2026·1d ago

    Feature "SageMaker AI endpoint variants & SageMaker AI inference components & SageMaker AI Serverless provisioned concurrency Auto Scaling" of AWS Application Auto Scaling is now live in EUSC.

  3. Feature removed
    Amazon Application Recovery Controller↳ PrivateLink SupportMay 07, 2026·2d ago

    Feature "PrivateLink Support" was removed from Amazon Application Recovery Controller.

  4. Added
    AWS SustainabilityMay 06, 2026·3d ago

    AWS Sustainability was added to the EUSC table (ETA 2027-Q1).

  5. Declined
    AWS B2B Data InterchangeMay 06, 2026·3d ago

    AWS B2B Data Interchange will not become available in EUSC.

  6. ETA shifted
    Amazon CloudFrontMay 06, 2026·3d ago

    Planned quarter for Amazon CloudFront moved: 2027-Q1 → 2026-Q4.

  7. Declined
    Amazon KendraMay 06, 2026·3d ago

    Amazon Kendra will not become available in EUSC.

  8. Declined
    Amazon Q BusinessMay 06, 2026·3d ago

    Amazon Q Business will not become available in EUSC.

  9. Launched
    AWS IAM Identity CenterMar 31, 2026·6w ago

    AWS IAM Identity Center went live in EUSC on 31 March 2026, hitting the announced Q1 2026 launch window.

  10. Launched
    AWS Network FirewallMar 13, 2026·8w ago

    AWS Network Firewall went live in EUSC on 13 March 2026.

  11. News
    Erste Compliance-ZertifizierungenMar 10, 2026·2mo ago

    AWS EUSC obtains its first independent compliance attestations, covering 69 services: SOC 2 Type 1 (Security, Availability, Confidentiality), BSI C5 Type 1 (basic and additional criteria), and seven ISO certifications (27001:2022, 27017:2015, 27018:2019, 27701:2019, 22301:2019, 20000-1:2018, 9001:2015). Type 2 audits (effectiveness over time) are announced.

  12. News
    Stefan Hoechbauer wird zweiter GeschäftsführerJan 15, 2026·4mo ago

    Stefan Hoechbauer (VP AWS Germany & Central Europe) is appointed second Managing Director of the EUSC GmbH, alongside Stéphane Israël. The EUSC's operational leadership is staffed with two MDs at GA.

  13. News
    EUSC General AvailabilityJan 15, 2026·4mo ago

    The AWS European Sovereign Cloud goes officially live: partition aws-eusc, region eusc-de-east-1 (Brandenburg), 2 Availability Zones, ~90 services at launch (incl. EC2, Lambda, S3, Aurora, DynamoDB, EKS, ECS, KMS, GuardDuty, SageMaker, Bedrock). Separate IAM, billing in euro, dedicated DNS domain (.amazonaws.eu), own Certificate Authority. Contracting party: AWS EMEA SARL. Pricing: ~15% premium over commercial EU regions. Known gaps at launch: CloudFront, GPU instances, IAM Identity Center, Inspector, Shield Advanced. AWS also announces Local Zones for Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal (no specific date).

  14. News
    ESC Sovereign Reference Framework (ESC-SRF)Dec 11, 2025·5mo ago

    AWS publishes the ESC-SRF, describing sovereignty controls across governance, operations, data residency, and technical isolation. An independent third-party audit is announced for 2026.

  15. ETA shifted
    Amazon CloudFrontNov 25, 2025·6mo ago

    Amazon CloudFront's EUSC availability is shifted to Q1/2027, later than originally expected.

  16. News
    EUSC Overview WhitepaperNov 06, 2025·6mo ago

    AWS publishes the official EUSC Overview Whitepaper in English, German and French - a 30-page document covering architecture, governance and sovereignty controls of the EUSC.

  17. Removed
    AWS WickrNov 06, 2025·6mo ago

    AWS Wickr is removed from the initial EUSC service list.

  18. ETA announced
    AWS IAM Identity CenterOctober 2025·7mo ago

    AWS announces AWS IAM Identity Center for Q1 2026 in the EUSC.

    PlannedComing soonETA 2026-Q1Source: AWS Blog
  19. News
    Stéphane Israël wird GeschäftsführerOctober 2025·7mo ago

    Stéphane Israël (EU citizen, former CEO Arianespace) is appointed Managing Director of the EUSC GmbH. The EUSC now has an independent, EU-resident MD whose mandate is legally bound to the interests of the EUSC.

  20. Removed
    AWS Shield AdvancedJun 25, 2025·11mo ago

    AWS Shield Advanced is removed from the initial EUSC service list.

  21. Added
    AWS ShieldJun 25, 2025·11mo ago

    AWS Shield Standard is added to the initial EUSC service list.

  22. Removed
    AWS Firewall ManagerJun 25, 2025·11mo ago

    AWS Firewall Manager is removed from the initial EUSC service list.

  23. News
    Governance-Struktur und EUSC GmbHJun 03, 2025·11mo ago

    AWS unveils the independent European governance structure: new parent entity AWS European Sovereign Cloud GmbH (German law) with three subsidiaries, a dedicated Security Operations Center staffed exclusively by EU residents, and an independent advisory board of EU citizens (at least one member without Amazon affiliation). Kathrin Renz appointed first Managing Director, legally bound to the interests of the EUSC.

  24. Added
    AWS ArtifactMay 28, 2025·12mo ago

    AWS Artifact is added to the initial EUSC service list.

  25. News
    re:Invent 2024 - EUSC im FokusDecember 2024·17mo ago

    AWS prominently features the EUSC at re:Invent 2024 in Las Vegas. VP Sovereign Cloud Max Peterson reinforces Europe's strategic importance and details the post-GA rollout plan.

    Source: Techzine
  26. Added
    Amazon NeptuneAugust 2024·22mo ago

    Amazon Neptune is added to the initial EUSC service list.

  27. News
    Investitionsankündigung 7,8 Mrd. EURMay 14, 2024·24mo ago

    AWS confirms a total investment of EUR 7.8B into the EUSC in Germany through 2040. Expected contribution to German GDP: EUR 17.2B, with an average of 2,800 full-time positions per year.

  28. News
    EUSC-ErstankündigungOct 24, 2023·31mo ago

    AWS officially announces in Berlin that it will build the AWS European Sovereign Cloud - a physically and logically separated cloud infrastructure, with the first region in Germany (Brandenburg). Original schedule: launch by end of 2025.

  29. News
    AWS Digital Sovereignty PledgeNovember 2022·42mo ago

    AWS publicly pledges to provide all customers the industry's most advanced data sovereignty controls - verifiable protection against AWS-internal data access, encryption everywhere, data residency guarantees. The EUSC is a direct consequence of this pledge.