AWS Unleashes Claude Opus 4.7 and Launches Interconnect GA in Major Cloud Update

Amazon today announced the general availability of Anthropic's most advanced AI model, Claude Opus 4.7, on its Bedrock platform, alongside the launch of AWS Interconnect, a new private connectivity service. The dual release marks a significant leap in both AI capabilities and cloud networking, with immediate implications for enterprise developers and IT architects.

Claude Opus 4.7 scores 64.3% on SWE-bench Pro and 87.6% on SWE-bench Verified, extending its lead in agentic coding. The model also excels at professional knowledge work, including document creation, financial analysis, and multi-step research, according to AWS.

Key Features of Claude Opus 4.7

The new model runs on Bedrock's next-generation inference engine with dynamic capacity allocation and adaptive thinking, which allows Claude to allocate thinking token budgets based on request complexity. It supports a full 1 million token context window and high-resolution image input for better accuracy on charts, dense documents, and screen UIs.

“Claude Opus 4.7 sets a new benchmark for agentic coding with stronger long-horizon autonomy and complex code reasoning,” said Dr. Jane Chen, AWS Vice President of AI Services. “We are making this available across multiple regions to meet global demand.”

The model launches in US East (N. Virginia), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Europe (Ireland), and Europe (Stockholm), with up to 10,000 requests per minute per account per region.

AWS Interconnect Now Generally Available

AWS Interconnect brings two managed private connectivity capabilities to general availability. The first, Multicloud, provides Layer 3 private connections between AWS VPCs and Google Cloud (with Azure and OCI coming 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.

The second, Last Mile, simplifies high-speed private connections from branch offices, data centers, and remote locations to AWS through existing network providers. It automatically provisions four redundant connections across two physical locations, configures BGP routing, and activates MACsec encryption and Jumbo Frames by default. Bandwidth ranges from 1 Gbps to 100 Gbps.

“AWS Interconnect redefines hybrid cloud connectivity by giving customers a single, managed solution for both multi-cloud and last mile access,” said Michael Torres, AWS Director of Networking. “We've published the underlying specification on GitHub under Apache 2.0 so that any cloud provider can join our partner ecosystem.”

Background

Amazon Bedrock has become a central platform for enterprises deploying generative AI models, hosting models from Anthropic, Meta, and others. Claude Opus 4.7 follows the earlier Opus 4.5 release and represents a step-change in coding and reasoning performance.

AWS Interconnect fills a longstanding gap in private cloud connectivity. Previously, customers managing multi-cloud or branch connections had to stitch together complex VPNs or rely on third-party vendors. The new service offers a managed, encrypted alternative built on AWS’s global backbone.

What This Means

For developers, Claude Opus 4.7 raises the ceiling on what AI-assisted coding can achieve, particularly for long-running, multi-step tasks. The model's adaptive thinking and high-resolution image support also open new use cases in document analysis and financial modeling.

For IT teams, AWS Interconnect simplifies hybrid and multi-cloud networking, reducing the complexity of provisioning redundant, high-bandwidth connections. The open specification could spark wider industry adoption, similar to AWS’s earlier moves with Firecracker and Nitro.

Analysts note that these releases reinforce AWS’s strategy of providing infrastructure and platform services that lock in enterprise customers while maintaining interoperability. “By making Interconnect’s spec open-source, AWS is encouraging a market of compatible providers, which benefits everyone,” said Sarah Patel, Cloud Research Director at Gartner.

Both services are available now, with Claude Opus 4.7 priced on a per-token basis and AWS Interconnect priced per Mbps. Expect further region expansions and partner announcements through 2026.