Amazon is the frontrunner in four of the five APAC sub-regions, which puts it well ahead of its regional rivals, while Alibaba has a strong lead in China and is also well placed in the rest of East Asia, South & Southeast Asia and Oceania

To use a Local Zone

1. Enable the Local Zone in the Amazon EC2 console. For more information, see Enabling Local Zones in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances.
2. Create a subnet in the Local Zone. For more information, see Creating a subnet in your VPC in the Amazon VPC User Guide.
3. Create a DB subnet group in the Local Zone. When you create a DB subnet group, choose the Availability Zone group for the Local Zone. For more information, see Creating a DB instance in a VPC.
4. Create a DB instance that uses the DB subnet group in the Local Zone. For more information, see Creating an Amazon RDS DB instance.

Asia Pacific

Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region
Availability Zones: 3
Launched 2010

Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region
Availability Zones: 4
Launched 2011

Asia Pacific (Seoul) Region
Availability Zones: 4
Launched 2016

Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region
Availability Zones: 3
Launched 2016

Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Region
Availability Zones: 3
Launched 2019

Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region
Availability Zones: 3
Launched 2021

Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region
Availability Zones: 3
Launched 2021

Mainland China (Beijing) Region
Availability Zones: 3
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Mainland China (Ningxia) Region
Availability Zones: 3
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AWS Edge Locations

Edge locations – Bangalore, India; Bangkok, Thailand; Chennai, India; Beijing, China, Shanghai, China, Ningxia, China, Shenzhen, China, Hong Kong SAR, China; Hyderabad, India; Jakarta, Indonesia; Kolkata, India; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Manila, The Philippines; Mumbai, India; New Delhi, India; Osaka, Japan; Seoul, Korea; Singapore; Taipei, Taiwan; Tokyo, Japan; Zhongwei, China

Regional Edge Caches – Mumbai, India; Seoul, Korea; Singapore; Tokyo, Japan

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