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Bedrock now runs OpenAI models entirely inside India!

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Hey everyone, it's me, Shiichan! I found an interesting Bedrock update today, so let's take a look.

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What was announced?

AWS's What's New page posted "Amazon Bedrock now supports OpenAI models in India." It announces that Amazon Bedrock now offers OpenAI's GPT-5.6 models — Terra and Luna — with India Geo cross-Region inference.

Why it matters

Some countries have regulatory requirements that inference has to happen entirely within their borders. This update is aimed at customers who need exactly that: in-country inferencing. Cross-Region inference automatically routes requests across multiple AWS Regions, giving you higher throughput without having to manage capacity in each region yourself.

What changes

There are two new India Geo inference profiles:

  • in.openai.gpt-5.6-terra for the Terra model
  • in.openai.gpt-5.6-luna for the Luna model

These route requests only within the India geography — specifically across the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) and Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Regions — so you can scale to meet demand while keeping data processing inside India to satisfy data residency requirements.

Dive Deep

Here's a rundown of the technical details:

  • The models run on the bedrock-runtime endpoint, with support for the Responses, Chat Completions, and Converse APIs
  • The same account-level controls you already use for other Bedrock models apply here too:
    • Model invocation logging (deliverable to Amazon S3 or Amazon CloudWatch Logs)
    • Amazon CloudWatch metrics
    • Cost itemization in AWS Cost Explorer and the AWS Cost and Usage Report
  • Available in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) and Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Regions

To get started, AWS points to the model cards for GPT-5.6 (Terra and Luna) and the Cross-Region inference section of the Amazon Bedrock User Guide.

Wrap-up

  • Amazon Bedrock now offers OpenAI's GPT-5.6 (Terra and Luna) with India Geo cross-Region inference.
  • It's built for customers who need to keep data processing inside India for data residency reasons.
  • It supports the Responses, Chat Completions, and Converse APIs, plus all the existing Bedrock management tooling.
  • If you're shipping to India and need to meet regulatory requirements, this one's for you!

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