# Amazon — Amazon Bedrock expands Claude model availability to in-country inferencing in India

- Company: Amazon (amazon.com)
- Announced: 2026-09-30T01:13:14+00:00
- Category: availability-change
- Coverage: 42 outlets
- Announcement: yes
- Group: covered
- Source: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/amazon-bedrock-expands-claude-model-availability-to-india-cross-region-inference/
- Record: https://forck.live/items/15167-amazon-bedrock-expands-claude-model-availability-to-in-country-inferencing-in
- Subject: Bedrock / Nova
- Models affected: Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Haiku 4.5

Amazon Bedrock now offers Anthropic's Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5, and Claude Haiku 4.5 through an India regional endpoint using geographic cross-Region inference, allowing customers to process data locally within India while accessing these models.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/amazon-bedrock-expands-claude-model-availability-to-india-cross-region-inference/:

> We’re excited to announce the availability of Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 , Claude Sonnet 5 , and Claude Haiku 4.5 in India. The India regional endpoint is served through geographic cross-Region inference . Customers in India can now access these models on Amazon Bedrock while processing the data in the India Regions in addition to the already supported global cross-Region inference .

## Around this story

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- Bloomberg: https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-30/apple-starts-india-payments-service-to-take-on-google-paytm
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- The Economic Times — Apple Pay comes to India with Axis Bank Visa, Mastercard credit cards: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/apple-pay-comes-to-india-with-axis-bank-visa-mastercard-credit-cards/articleshow/134578396.cms
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- AppleInsider — India finally gets Apple Pay after more than nine years of negotiations: https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/09/30/india-finally-gets-apple-pay-after-more-than-nine-years-of-negotiations
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- Financial Express: https://financialexpress.com/life/technology-apple-pay-launches-in-india-but-without-upi-payment-option-how-to-set-it-up-on-iphone-4350285
- MediaNama: https://medianama.com/2026/09/223-apple-pay-india-upi-licence
- Inc42 — Apple Pay Launches In India, Partners With Axis Bank: https://inc42.com/buzz/apple-pay-launches-in-india-partners-with-axis-bank
- The Apple Post — Apple Pay is now available in India with Axis Bank: https://theapplepost.com/2026/09/30/72828/apple-pay-is-now-available-in-india-with-axis-bank
- The Apple Post — How to set up and use Apple Pay in India: https://theapplepost.com/2026/09/30/72854/how-to-set-up-and-use-apple-pay-in-india
- The Tech Portal — Apple Pay launches in India with an Axis Bank partnership, no UPI: https://thetechportal.com/2026/09/30/apple-pay-launches-in-india-with-an-axis-bank-partnership-no-upi
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- The Hindu BusinessLine — Apple launches Apple Pay in India to take on Google, Paytm: https://thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/apple-launches-apple-pay-in-india-to-take-on-google-paytm/article71526621.ece
- The Hindu BusinessLine — Apple Pay lands in India: How to pay your iPhone, what you need to know!: https://thehindubusinessline.com/money-and-banking/apple-pay-lands-in-india-how-to-set-up-and-use-it-on-your-iphone/article71527749.ece
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