AWS Launches Amazon S3 Files: Bridging Object and File Storage

AWS has announced the general availability of Amazon S3 Files, which allows S3 buckets to be accessed directly as shared file systems. This makes S3 the first cloud object store to offer full file system semantics without moving data out of S3. Key features include high-performance caching with multi-terabyte-per-second read throughput, support for thousands of simultaneous compute connections, and seamless integration built on Amazon EFS technology. The service eliminates the need to maintain separate file systems alongside object storage, benefiting AI/ML workloads, data lakes, and analytics pipelines. It is now available in 34 AWS regions.