text: **Regions**
  
  Every solution you build that runs in the AWS cloud will be deployed to at least one region. 
  
  •**Region**– a physical location around the world where we cluster data centers 
  
  •**Availability Zone**or "AZ" - one or more discrete data centers with redundant power, networking, 
  
  and connectivity*within*a Region 
  
  •**Data center**– a physical location that contains servers, data storage drives, and network 
  
  equipment 