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AWS European Sovereign Cloud — Brandenburg Region

Brandenburg Region; individual availability-zone sites undisclosed, Brandenburg, GermanyOperating
Evidence
Headline capacity
Not established in published records
Updated
Oct 28, 2026

AWS's first European Sovereign Cloud region became generally available in Brandenburg in January 2026. The operating service region spans multiple availability zones and uses a separate partition, governance and control model.

Capacity

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

Announcement and build periodAnnounced or preconstruction

Pre-GA development program; physical sites remain undisclosed.

Brandenburg sovereign regionOperational

Service region eusc-de-east-1 with multiple availability zones.

Sovereign-cloud EU expansionPlanned

Belgium, Netherlands and Portugal Local Zones are outside this Brandenburg record.

Milestones (3)
AWS announces sovereign-cloud plan

Oct 25, 2023 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Announced

Source not linked
Brandenburg sovereign region opens

Jan 14, 2026 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Event type not stated

Source not linked
SOC 2, C5 and ISO reports announced

Mar 10, 2026 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Status changed

Source not linked

Participants

Amazon Web Services

Operator

Sources by role
Operator (1)
Operator (1)
Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL

Owner

Sources by role
Owner (1)
AWS European Sovereign Cloud German entities

Operator

Sources by role
Operator (1)
Operator (1)
Other participants (2)
AWS European Sovereign Cloud Advisory Board

Government authority

Sources by role
Government authority (1)
Government authority (1)
German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)

Government authority

Sources by role
Government authority (1)
Government authority (1)

Capital & incentives

Capital claims and financing records may overlap. Their amounts are not added together.

Capital claims

Long term investment

Transaction scope

€7,800,000,000

Source

Projected economic output

Forecast

€17,200,000,000

Source

Financing records

Investment commitment

€7,800,000,000

May 15, 2024

AWS European Sovereign Cloud investment through 2040; not allocated to Brandenburg sites or a single phase.

Parties & sources

Amazon Web Services (Sponsor)

Sources (2)

Additional project facts

Project status

Actual

Operating

Source

Region name

Actual

Eusc de east-1

Source

Partition name

Actual

Aws eusc

Source

Availability zone count

Actual

Multiple zone

Source

Physical separation

Design

Physically and logically separate

Source

Content residency

Actual

Selected region unless customer chooses otherwise

Source

Operations personnel

Actual

EU residents in EU; transition to EU citizens in EU

Source

Projected annual jobs

Forecast

2,800 FTE per year

Source

Compliance reports

Actual

SOC 2 Type 1; C5 Type 1; seven ISO certifications

Source

Service count at compliance update

Actual

69 service

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (4)
Electric grid

Operational

multi availability zone power; operating redundant.

Compute and platform system

Operational

multi availability zone network; operating redundant.

Compute and platform system

Operational

dedicated identity and billing; operating.

Compute and platform system

Operational

dedicated trust service provider; operating.

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.