AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Local Zones in Istanbul, open-source ExtendDB, Kiro Web, and more (May 25, 2026)

AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Local Zones in Istanbul, open-source ExtendDB, Kiro Web, and more (May 25, 2026) by Daniel Abib on 25 MAY 2026 in Amazon DynamoDB , Amazon EC2 Container Registry , Amazon SageMaker Lakehouse , Announcements , AWS Local Zones , AWS Secrets Manager , AWS Security Hub , AWS Serverless Application Model , Kiro , News Permalink Comments Share There’s something genuinely energizing about working with startups — something I’ve been doing intensely for more than two years now. Startups operate at a different frequency: the urgency is real, the constraints are tight, and the stakes are personal. Helping them navigate the challenge of proving their business model requires not just technical depth but a willingness to move fast, challenge assumptions, and make bets on the right architecture before the perfect data exists. What I love most is that the work is never abstract: every decision I help a startup make has a direct impact on whether they ship on time, stay within budget, and earn the next round of confidence from their investors. Let’s dive into this week’s AWS news. Headlines Now Open — AWS Local Zones in Istanbul, Türkiye — AWS has opened a new Local Zone in Istanbul, Türkiye, bringing AWS compute, storage, and networking services to one of Europe’s largest metropolitan areas. AWS Local Zones place AWS infrastructure much closer to large population and industry, enabling organizations to store and process data within specific jurisdictions to meet data residency requirements, while delivering single-digit millisecond latency for applications that need to run closer to end users. This supports compliance needs across financial services, government, telecoms, and healthcare. A Local Zone is a significant infrastructure investment: it requires the same level of operational excellence as a Region, with consistent hardware, power, and networking infrastructure, and reflects AWS’s continued expansion into underserved markets. For builders in Türkiye