AWS Lambda MicroVMs is now available in 5 additional AWS regions

AWS Lambda MicroVMs is now available in Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Europe (Frankfurt), and Europe (Stockholm), increasing its regional footprint to 10 locations. The service provides isolated compute environments with VM-level security, rapid launch and resume times, and state preservation for executing user or AI-generated code. Developers can deploy MicroVMs without managing virtualization infrastructure, balancing isolation, speed, and state retention for applications such as AI coding assistants or interactive development tools.

The expansion allows developers to run Lambda MicroVMs closer to end-users in the new regions, addressing latency and data residency requirements. Users can create MicroVM images from Dockerfiles and launch instances with dedicated HTTPS URLs supporting protocols like HTTP/2, gRPC, and WebSockets. The service can be accessed via the AWS Lambda console, CloudFormation, Cloud Development Kit, or Agent Toolkit for AWS.

Lambda MicroVMs enables secure, stateful code execution for applications including AI coding assistants, interactive development environments, and vulnerability scanners. Each MicroVM provides an isolated environment per user or job, eliminating the need to choose between isolation, speed, and state retention. The feature is designed for workloads requiring strong security and responsiveness without the overhead of managing virtualization infrastructure.

To begin using Lambda MicroVMs, developers can create a MicroVM image from a Dockerfile and launch instances from that image. Pricing details are available on the Lambda MicroVMs pricing page, while the latest regional availability can be checked on the AWS Capabilities by Region page. Additional documentation is provided in the AWS Lambda MicroVMs developer guide.