Local zone

Places AWS compute, storage, database, and other selected AWS services closer to end users to run latency-sensitive applications
Extend your VPC to more locations - "Extension of an AWS Region"
Compatible with EC2, RDS, ECS, EBS, ElastiCache, Direct Connect ...
Example:
AWS Region: N. Virginia (us-east-I)
AWS Local Zones: Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Miami, etc

Global Application Architecture