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AWS Points of Presence (Edge Locations)

  • AWS operates 400+ Points of Presence, including:
    • 400+ Edge Locations
    • 10+ Regional Edge Caches
  • Distributed across 90+ cities in 40+ countries.

Purpose & Benefits

  • Primarily used by Amazon CloudFront and other AWS edge services.
  • Cache content closer to users, reducing latency and improving performance.
  • Support additional features like DDoS protection (via AWS Shield) and content acceleration.