AWS Launches Claude Opus 4.7 on Bedrock and AWS Interconnect Goes GA

In a recent commencement speech at the University of Namur, an AWS leader shared a timely message with computer science graduates: AI will not replace developers, but will elevate what they can achieve. This sentiment resonates with the latest AWS announcements, which focus on pushing the boundaries of AI and connectivity. This week, AWS introduces Anthropic's most capable model to date on Amazon Bedrock and makes AWS Interconnect generally available, simplifying multicloud and last-mile connections.

Claude Opus 4.7 Now Available on Amazon Bedrock

Anthropic's latest flagship model, Claude Opus 4.7, is now accessible through Amazon Bedrock. This model represents a significant leap in intelligent coding, long-running agentic tasks, and professional knowledge work. Early benchmarks are impressive: Claude Opus 4.7 scores 64.3% on SWE-bench Pro and 87.6% on SWE-bench Verified, establishing a new standard for agentic coding with enhanced long-horizon autonomy and complex code reasoning.

Key Improvements and Features

Beyond coding, the model excels in knowledge work such as document creation, financial analysis, and multi-step research. It operates on Bedrock's next-generation inference engine, which introduces dynamic capacity allocation and adaptive thinking—allowing Claude to allocate thinking token budgets based on request complexity. The full 1 million token context window remains, enabling deep context handling. Additionally, high-resolution image support improves accuracy on charts, dense documents, and screen UIs.

Availability and Regions

Claude Opus 4.7 is available at launch in US East (N. Virginia), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Europe (Ireland), and Europe (Stockholm). Accounts can handle up to 10,000 requests per minute per region. For more details on the model's capabilities, see the Claude Opus 4.7 on Bedrock section above.

AWS Interconnect Reaches General Availability

AWS Interconnect is now generally available, introducing two managed private connectivity capabilities that simplify network architecture. These services provide secure, high-performance connections without traversing the public internet.

Multicloud Connectivity

The first capability, AWS Interconnect – Multicloud, delivers Layer 3 private connections between AWS VPCs and other cloud providers. Google Cloud is available now, with support for Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) expected later in 2026. Traffic flows over the AWS global backbone and the partner cloud's private network, with built-in MACsec encryption, multi-facility resiliency, and CloudWatch monitoring. AWS has published the underlying specification on GitHub under Apache 2.0, inviting any cloud provider to become an Interconnect partner.

Last Mile Connectivity

The second capability, AWS Interconnect – Last Mile, simplifies high-speed private connections from branch offices, data centers, and remote locations to AWS through existing network providers. It automatically provisions 4 redundant connections across 2 physical locations, configures BGP routing, activates MACsec encryption and Jumbo Frames by default, and offers adjustable bandwidth from 1 Gbps to 100 Gbps. This greatly reduces the complexity of last-mile connectivity. For more information, refer to the AWS Interconnect GA section.

With these updates, AWS continues to empower developers and enterprises with cutting-edge AI and robust network infrastructure, turning the vision of a more connected, intelligent cloud into reality.