Amazon Bedrock (incl. Claude)

Data stored in Australia: Conditional

Processing (inference) in Australia: Conditional

Conditions: Use Sydney/Melbourne regions and the 'au.' geographic inference profile (routes only between ap-southeast-2 and ap-southeast-4). The 'apac.' or global profiles may leave Australia. Model availability varies.

Confidence: High — AWS docs and AWS blog read: 'au' prefix routes only among Australian Regions; 'apac' may route across Asia Pacific.

Checked on: 2026-10-19

Sources:

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/models-region-compatibility.html
• https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/introducing-amazon-bedrock-cross-region-inference-for-claude-sonnet-4-5-and-haiku-4-5-in-japan-and-australia/