AWS has announced the general availability of AWS Data Transfer Terminal, a secure physical location where you can bring your storage devices to upload data to the AWS Cloud faster.
The first Data Transfer Terminals are located in Los Angeles and New York, with plans to add more locations globally.
AWS says, “You can reserve a time slot to visit your nearest location and upload data rapidly and securely to any AWS public endpoints, such as Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS), or others, using a high throughput connection. Using AWS Data Transfer Terminal, you can significantly reduce the time of ingesting data with high throughput connectivity in the location near by you. You can upload large datasets from fleets of vehicles operating and collecting data in metro areas for training machine learning (ML) models, digital audio and video files from content creators for media processing workloads, and mapping or imagery data from local government organizations for geographic analysis.
After the data is uploaded to AWS, you can use the extensive suite of AWS services to generate value from your data and accelerate innovation. You can also bring your AWS Snowball devices to the location for upload and retain the device for continued use and not rely on traditional shipping methods.”
Getting started with AWS Data Transfer Terminal
You can find the availability of a location in the AWS Management Console and reserve the date and time to visit. Then, you can visit the location, make a connection between your storage device and S3 bucket, initiate the transfer of your data, and validate that your transfer is complete.
