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Claude Sonnet 5.5 now available on AWS GovCloud (US)

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aws-govcloud-us, amazon-bedrock
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https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/09/claude-sonnet-5-5-aws-govcloud-us/

<p>AWS GovCloud (US) now offers Claude Sonnet 5.5, a smarter and more efficient Sonnet that delivers a clear leap forward on coding and knowledge work with at a lower cost per task for most work ag faster speed.</p> <p>Claude Sonnet 5.5 is a smarter, more efficient Sonnet and a step up from Sonnet 5, making it a natural upgrade for teams already building on Sonnet. It's stronger for coding, completing well-scoped tasks as part of a larger coding strategy such as building and fixing features with Claude in the same session or verifying output against requirements. And it produces ready-to-share knowledge work, from 1-pagers, diagrams, and summary slides to document edits and spreadsheet cleanup.</p> <p>Amazon Bedrock gives you Sonnet's capabilities while keeping your data within AWS infrastructure with regional data residency and provides access through a unified service with AWS-managed features like Guardrails and Knowledge Bases. To learn more, see the Amazon Bedrock <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/model-card-anthropic-claude-sonnet-5-5.html">documentation</a> and <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/models-region-compatibility.html?refid=7ecf60df-6136-414c-a7c3-6aa4d2d6019f#model-regions-anthropic">regional availability</a>.&nbsp;</p>

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