AWS Enables Canadian Users to Access OpenAI GPT‑5.6, GPT‑6, and GPT‑6.1 Models via Cross‑Region Inference
AWS now allows organizations in Canada (Central and West Calgary) to invoke OpenAI GPT‑5.6, GPT‑6, and GPT‑6.1 models through Amazon Bedrock’s cross‑region inference. Requests sent to a Bedrock Runtime endpoint in Canada are routed to supported US regions for processing, providing a larger capacity pool and helping sustain throughput during demand spikes. The service supports text and image inputs, a 1‑million‑token context window, tool calling, and prompt caching, and can be accessed via the OpenAI Responses API, Chat Completions API, and Bedrock Converse API.
This update gives Canadian AI developers direct, low‑latency access to the latest OpenAI GPT models without managing cross‑region routing, which is crucial for building high‑performance generative AI applications in regulated data‑residency environments.
Source: AWS Machine Learning Blog · aws.amazon.com