# AWS GovCloud (US)

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/aws-govcloud-us
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/aws-govcloud-us.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/aws-govcloud-us/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://amazon.com
- **Slug:** aws-govcloud-us
- **Categories:** cloud-infrastructure

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Physically and logically isolated U.S. sovereign cloud regions operated by U.S. citizens on U.S. soil, specifically built to meet stringent U.S. government compliance requirements (e.g., FedRAMP High, ITAR, DFARS, FIPS, HITRUST, SOC) while balancing security with innovation.
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** AWS GovCloud (US) provides isolated U.S. sovereign cloud regions (US-East and US-West) operated by U.S. citizens on U.S. soil. It is designed for government agencies, technology partners, and entities with elevated compliance needs to host sensitive and controlled unclassified information (CUI) data, enabling secure, scalable, and resilient enterprise cloud architectures.
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Isolated U.S. sovereign cloud regions (AWS GovCloud US-East and US-West) supporting services like Amazon Bedrock
  - Amazon SageMaker
  - Amazon EC2 HPC instances
  - Amazon S3
  - Amazon FSx for Lustre
  - AWS Batch
  - Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
  - Amazon Verified Access
  - Amazon Verified Permissions
  - AWS Direct Connect
  - Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service
  - and Amazon Elastic Container Service.
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** U.S. government agencies, technology partners, and highly-regulated enterprises handling sensitive and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in sectors such as critical infrastructure, defense, intelligence, financial, law enforcement, legal, nuclear, patent, tax, and transportation.
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.