What is local zones?

AWS Local Zones are a new type of AWS infrastructure designed to run workloads that require single-digit millisecond latency, like video rendering and graphics intensive, virtual desktop applications. Local Zones allow customers to gain all the benefits of having compute and storage resources closer to end-users, without the need to own and operate their own data center infrastructure. Local Zones are available in 33 metros globally. enable the AWS Local Zones for your AWS account before you can deploy resources to them.