# AWS Weekly Roundup: Student Rewards on AWS Builder Center, Local Zone in Las Vegas, and more (August 24, 2026)

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Author: Esra Kayabali

Published: 2026-08-24T16:20:15Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [AWS News Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/aws-news-blog.md>)

Topics: [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [AWS Local Zones](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws-local-zones.md>), [Amazon EC2](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-ec2.md>), [Availability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/availability.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Amazon Elastic Container Service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-elastic-container-service.md>), [Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-elastic-kubernetes-service.md>)

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## AI overview

This AWS Weekly Roundup highlights Student Rewards on AWS Builder Center, which gives verified higher-education students access to premium AWS Skill Builder resources and awards AWS Credits and a certification exam voucher for earning badges. It also covers a new AWS Local Zone in Las Vegas, an additional Availability Zone in the Europe (London) Region, and batch instance termination support for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling. The supplied article text ends mid-sentence, so the summary covers only the available content.

## Source excerpt

During my time at AWS, I have always looked for opportunities to work with students. I have delivered over 50 talks at universities across the region, and watching the potential in the room is always a strong motivator. It reminds me of why I do this work, and that the students I meet today may [...]