Anthropic models on Amazon Bedrock for in-region inference in Seoul
Amazon Bedrock now supports Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 and Claude Sonnet 5 with in-region inference in Seoul, and Claude Sonnet 5 in Singapore.
By Dillip Chowdary • Sep 30, 2026 • Source: AWS Machine Learning Blog
Anthropic models on Amazon Bedrock: what actually changed
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AWS Machine Learning Blog reports: Introducing Anthropic models on Amazon Bedrock for in-region inference in Seoul and Singapore. Amazon Bedrock now supports Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 and Claude Sonnet 5 with in-region inference in Seoul, and Claude Sonnet 5 in Singapore. If you have local data processing requirements in South Korea or Singapore, you can now use these Anthropic models at scale, with inference processed entirely within the Region…
Anthropic models on Amazon Bedrock: why it matters now
For primary quotes and complete technical detail, see AWS Machine Learning Blog's original report linked above.
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