Amazon Lightsail launches in Asia Pacific region of Malaysia

Amazon Lightsail is now accessible in the Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region, expanding its reach to customers in Malaysia and neighboring areas. This development allows users in the region to experience reduced latency and enhanced application performance, while also adhering to local data residency laws. The new regional offering includes the full suite of Lightsail’s features, such as a variety of instances tailored to different computing needs, ranging from general purpose to compute-optimized and memory-optimized bundles. Additionally, customers can leverage managed databases, containers, and load balancers, all with straightforward and predictable pricing.

With this expansion, Lightsail is now available across multiple AWS Regions, including US East (Ohio, N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Canada (Central), and several locations in Europe like Frankfurt, Ireland, London, Paris, and Stockholm. In the Asia Pacific, the service is offered in Malaysia, Jakarta, Mumbai, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo. For more detailed information about Lightsail’s Regions and Availability Zones, users are encouraged to consult the official documentation.

Customers can access the new Malaysia Region through various platforms, including the Lightsail Console, AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), and AWS SDKs, ensuring a seamless integration into their existing AWS workflows.