AWS to Launch Second "Secret" Cloud Region for Federal Customers

Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to launch a second cloud region for federal customers' secret-classified workloads by the end of this year. This region will enable federal customers with "secret-level" workloads to be deployed in multiple regions, thus improving resiliency and speed.

“The launch of the AWS Secret-West Region will strengthen US AI leadership and accelerate the development of advanced capabilities and groundbreaking innovation,” said Dave Levy, VP of worldwide public sector at AWS. “Customers using the new AWS Secret-West Region will be able to use advanced technologies from the world’s leading cloud provider and see their critical missions enhanced by the operational speed, scalability, security, and innovation that AWS provides.”

Also speaking on the new region, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said: "Opening up and making it possible for us to use AI applications in the top secret clouds has been a game changer."

He added that the intelligence community looks to AWS for the "available tools that exist, largely in the private sector, to make it so that our intelligence professionals, both collectors and analysts, are able to focus their time and energy on the things that only they can do," thus ensuring the "safety, security and freedom of the American people.”