Serverless Aurora PostgreSQL for Healthcare AI Compliance

Initial Challenge

• Operating in the healthcare sector required a database platform that could:
• Meet GDPR and EU data residency requirements for sensitive patient data
• Handle highly variable AI workloads (OCR and speech-to-text spikes during clinical hours)
• Enforce a Zero-Trust security model with no public data access
• Reduce operational overhead and idle infrastructure costs

• The platform was built on Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Serverless v2, providing a secure and scalable database layer optimized for healthcare AI workloads.
• On-demand scaling automatically adjusts capacity to match AI processing peaks
• Zero-Trust security with encryption via AWS KMS and private access using AWS PrivateLink
• Built-in governance through Infrastructure as Code, isolated backups, and centralized auditing

Business outcome

• 90%+ AWS Security Hub scores, validating enterprise-grade security and compliance
• Cost efficiency, with infrastructure spend scaling directly with patient demand
• Faster regional expansion, enabled by a repeatable, compliance-ready architecture across Europe