Amazon Bedrock expands Claude model availability to in-country inferencing in India
How-To How to actually use this
What changed: Anthropic's latest Claude models are now accessible via Amazon Bedrock with data processing confined to AWS India Regions.
How to use it:
- Open the Amazon Bedrock console and select an India Region (e.g., ap-south-1).
- Request model access for Claude Opus 5, Sonnet 5, or Haiku 4.5 in the Model access panel.
- Use the Messages, InvokeModel, or Converse APIs targeting the India Region endpoint.
- Verify the inference profile or model ARN resolves to the India Region to confirm in-country processing.
Good for: developers needing data residency in India
Anthropic's Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5, and Claude Haiku 4.5 are now available in India through Amazon Bedrock geographic cross-Region inference. You can access these models while processing data within the India Regions, and get started from the Amazon Bedrock console or with the Messages, InvokeModel, and Converse APIs.
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