Neon has introduced same-region read replicas to its serverless Postgres architecture, enhancing database efficiency and scalability. These read replicas allow the primary database to focus on write operations by offloading read queries, thereby improving performance. Unlike traditional PostgreSQL read replicas that duplicate data across instances, Neon's architecture separates storage and compute, streaming data from a single source to all replicas, ensuring consistency and reducing storage costs. This approach not only supports higher throughput and workload offloading but also offers resource customization and access control. Neon's features, such as autoscaling and the ability to scale read replicas independently, further optimize resource management, making it a cost-effective solution for managing varying workloads. The introduction of these read replicas is part of Neon's broader strategy to achieve global replication, promising a robust and scalable solution for PostgreSQL databases.