In early 2022, AWS introduced a brand new aspect to its cloud community infrastructure: the native zone.
With elevated deal with shifting cloud companies nearer to end-users, the native zone supplies low-latency entry to functions working nearer to clients.
Google gives an identical service with its devoted interconnect service, an possibility to connect with a low-latency colocation facility that gives latencies of lower than 5 milliseconds between the workloads in a specified area and the on-ramp location.
OVH launched the identical native zone service within the first quarter of 2024, and Microsoft joined in as nicely with their prolonged zone service launched in the summertime of 2024.
Here is how these companies differ—and what number of have launched.
Native Zone and Low Latency Places
Notes: Information solely embrace IaaS cloud suppliers AWS, Google Cloud, OVH Cloud and Microsoft Azure. Information as of Q1 2025. Supply: © 2025 TeleGeography
AWS native zones differ from Google’s low-latency services in that they’re usually launched in services removed from the zone’s father or mother area, in impact turning into a kind of mini-cloud area for markets that won’t have an ordinary cloud area.
AWS native zones differ from Google’s low-latency services in that they’re usually launched in services removed from the zone’s father or mother area, in impact turning into a kind of mini-cloud area for markets that won’t have an ordinary cloud area.
Take, for instance, native zones in Africa. AWS at present has a single cloud area situated in South Africa. AWS has launched a neighborhood zone in Lagos, and one other has been introduced for Nairobi. These zones will serve a choose set of cloud companies domestically and be linked to the father or mother area in South Africa.
OVH’s native zone service intently resembles the AWS launch of latest native zones, small-scale areas, in markets at present with out areas.
Native Zones Launched
AWS has launched 34 native zones to this point—17 within the U.S. and 17 outdoors the U.S. The corporate plans to launch greater than 14 zones over the following yr or so.
In the meantime, Google gives low-latency colocation services in additional than 70 markets, the place it additionally gives its devoted interconnection service.
OVH launched 19 native zones in 2024, primarily in Europe and the U.S. One other 22 are deliberate for 2025.
Microsoft’s single prolonged zone is dwell in Los Angeles, with a second deliberate for Perth, Australia.
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