Amazon's managed hybrid cloud hardware now connects to a little bit more of the world, makes for better sharing between divisions, and is a whole lot more capable when it comes to storage after a features update.

Various competitors have recently punted similar upgrades to various hybrid solutions with a focus on AI workloads at the edge and keeping regulators happy about the location of data.

In November, Microsoft announced new landing zones, storage options, and network configurations for Azure Local as part of a general push on sovereign cloud and AI. On Thursday, IBM promised a February preview of IBM Sovereign Core and said it was designed for hybrid operation.

Now the second-generation AWS Outpost comes with S3 storage of up to 786TB in standard configurations, and multiple local gateway routing domains to create traffic separation so multiple business units can share an Outpost.

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