What is AWS Requests-OriginShield?

Last updated: April 27, 2025

If you set up Origin Shield as a centralized caching layer, request fees are charged based on the AWS Region you have configured to be your Origin Shield Region and not based on the Amazon CloudFront edge location serving content. Origin Shield is charged as a request fee for each request that comes from another regional cache to your Origin Shield.

Available Regions The prefix represents the region.
Line Item Region
APN1-Requests-OriginShield Asia Pacific region in Tokyo, Japan
APN2-Requests-OriginShield Asia Pacific region in Seoul, South Korea
APS1-Requests-OriginShield Asia Pacific region in Singapore
APS2-Requests-OriginShield Asia Pacific region in Sydney, Australia
APS3-Requests-OriginShield Asia Pacific region in Mumbai, India
EU-Requests-OriginShield Europe (Regional Designation)
EUC1-Requests-OriginShield Europe region in Frankfurt, Germany
EUW2-Requests-OriginShield Europe region in London, United Kingdom
SAE1-Requests-OriginShield South America region in São Paulo, Brazil
USE1-Requests-OriginShield US East region in Northern Virginia
USE2-Requests-OriginShield US East region in Ohio
USW2-Requests-OriginShield US West region in Oregon