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10 aug 2026 · tutorial
A low-latency application tier in Athens
Put the ALB and app fleet in the Local Zone, keep the system of record in Frankfurt. First byte in 24 ms instead of 91 ms, and a 50-call flow in 1.5 s instead of 6.0 s.
30 jul 2026 · tutorial
Getting started on the AWS Athens Local Zone
Enable eu-central-1-ath-1a, extend your VPC into Athens, and launch your first instance — with the Terraform, the CLI, and the latency we measured on day one: 11 ms from an Athens line versus 44 ms to Frankfurt.
16 jun 2026 · press_release
AWS is bringing a Local Zone to Athens
Generally available July 2026 — the first hyperscaler infrastructure in Greece. Single-digit-millisecond latency and in-country data residency: what an AWS Local Zone means for Greek businesses, and where it pays off.
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