The invisible engineering behind Lambda’s network

by Werner Vogels

Apr 22, 2026·~15 minutes·5 chapters

Chapters

5 total

What is a network topology?

1:32

The VPC cold start problem

3:59

Reimagining our network topology (out of necessity)

1:52

One bottleneck at a time

6:24

This is the job

1:57

How Lambda cut cold-start network setup from seconds to 200 microseconds.

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Duration

~15 minutes (15K characters)

Release date

Apr 22, 2026

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