DAX Expands to 17 New AWS Regions Globally

AWS just dropped Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) in 17 fresh regions across Asia Pacific, Europe, Canada, Mexico, and GovCloud—meaning you can now slash your DynamoDB read latency from milliseconds to microseconds without building your own cache layer. If you're running read-heavy workloads like gaming leaderboards or real-time bidding, DAX's fully managed setup with zero code changes (it's API-compatible) lets you hit local data residency requirements while keeping ops headaches minimal.