Introduction
This week, AWS announced two major updates: the availability of Anthropic's most advanced AI model, Claude Opus 4.7, in Amazon Bedrock, and the general availability of AWS Interconnect. These developments underscore AWS's commitment to providing cutting-edge AI capabilities and simplifying network connectivity. In a recent commencement speech at the University of Namur, an AWS leader emphasized that AI tools like these empower developers rather than replace them—a sentiment that resonates with the new offerings.
Claude Opus 4.7: A New Standard in Agentic AI
Claude Opus 4.7 is now available in Amazon Bedrock, setting new benchmarks for complex coding, long-running agent tasks, and professional knowledge work. This model achieves a score of 64.3% on SWE-bench Pro and 87.6% on SWE-bench Verified, extending its lead in agentic coding with superior long-horizon autonomy and advanced code reasoning. It also excels in document creation, financial analysis, and multi-step research.
Performance and Features
Claude Opus 4.7 runs on Bedrock's next-generation inference engine, which features dynamic capacity allocation and adaptive thinking—where the model adjusts its thinking token budget based on request complexity. It supports a full 1 million token context window and now includes high-resolution image support for improved accuracy on charts, dense documents, and screen UIs.
Availability
Initially available in US East (N. Virginia), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Europe (Ireland), and Europe (Stockholm), each region supports up to 10,000 requests per minute per account. This broad availability ensures developers worldwide can leverage its capabilities.
AWS Interconnect: General Availability of Multicloud and Last-Mile Solutions
AWS Interconnect is now generally available, offering two managed private connectivity capabilities that simplify how organizations connect to AWS and other cloud providers.
AWS Interconnect – Multicloud
This capability provides Layer 3 private connections between AWS VPCs and other cloud providers. Google Cloud is supported now, with Azure and OCI coming later in 2026. Traffic flows over the AWS global backbone and the partner cloud's private network, never over the public internet. Features include built-in MACsec encryption, multi-facility resiliency, and CloudWatch monitoring. AWS has published the underlying specification on GitHub under Apache 2.0, enabling any cloud provider to become an Interconnect partner.
AWS Interconnect – Last Mile
The Last Mile capability 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, and activates MACsec encryption and Jumbo Frames by default. Bandwidth is adjustable from 1 Gbps to 100 Gbps, offering flexibility for various enterprise needs.
Conclusion
These announcements—Claude Opus 4.7 in Bedrock and the general availability of AWS Interconnect—demonstrate AWS's focus on enhancing developer productivity and network reliability. As the leader at the University of Namur noted, such tools raise the bar on what developers can achieve, making curiosity and system-thinking more valuable than ever.