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Edge Locations

Edge Locations

Edge locations offer multiple services to run closer to end users, including AWS networking services like Amazon CloudFront. CloudFront is a content delivery network (CDN) and caching system that you learn more about later in this training.

  • Edge locations are strategically placed sites around the world that cache content to deliver data, video, and applications with lower latency and higher transfer speeds.
  • Edge locations are a vital part of the AWS content delivery network (CDN) and use services like CloudFront to efficiently distribute data to end users.