Ecosystem
August 18, 2026

Amazon Bedrock adds cross-Region inference for OpenAI GPT-5.6 models

AWS has expanded Amazon Bedrock support for GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna with cross-Region inference, additional APIs, higher throughput, lower global inference costs, and integrated monitoring and governance.

AWS has expanded Amazon Bedrock support for OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna models with cross-Region inference and broader API compatibility. Customers can now use Global and Geo cross-Region inference to automatically route requests across AWS Regions, increasing throughput while reducing capacity management.

Geo inference keeps processing within predefined geographies, while Global inference provides broader capacity access and lower per-token pricing. T

he models now support Responses, Chat Completions, and Converse APIs through the bedrock-runtime endpoint. Usage also integrates with Bedrock invocation logging, Amazon CloudWatch metrics, AWS Cost Explorer, and Cost and Usage Reports for monitoring and governance.

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