In early 2022, AWS introduced a brand new component 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 purposes operating nearer to prospects.
Google presents an analogous service with its devoted interconnect service, an choice to hook up 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 effectively with their prolonged zone service launched in the summertime of 2024.
This is how these companies differ—and what number of have launched.
Native Zone and Low Latency Areas
Notes: Knowledge solely embrace IaaS cloud suppliers AWS, Google Cloud, OVH Cloud and Microsoft Azure. Knowledge as of Q1 2025. Supply: © 2025 TeleGeography
AWS native zones differ from Google’s low-latency services in that they’re typically launched in services removed from the zone’s dad or mum area, in impact turning into a form of mini-cloud area for markets that will not have a normal cloud area.
AWS native zones differ from Google’s low-latency services in that they’re typically launched in services removed from the zone’s dad or mum area, in impact turning into a form of mini-cloud area for markets that will not have a normal 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 dad or mum area in South Africa.
OVH’s native zone service intently resembles the AWS launch of recent native zones, small-scale areas, in markets at present with out areas.
Native Zones Launched
AWS has launched 34 native zones to date—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 presents low-latency colocation services in additional than 70 markets, the place it additionally presents 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 reside in Los Angeles, with a second deliberate for Perth, Australia.
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