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🚀 The AWS Local Zone in Las Vegas, Nevada is now generally available. This Local Zone supports Amazon EC2 instances (C7i, M7i, R7i, C8gn), Amazon EBS volume types (gp3, gp2, io1, sc1, st1), Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, Application Load Balancer, and AWS Direct Connect. AWS Local Zones extend AWS infrastructure closer to metropolitan areas to enable single-digit millisecond latency, address data residency, and support AI/ML inference and migration of legacy applications. Enable the Las Vegas Local Zone (us-west-2-las-2a) from the AWS Global View or use the ModifyAvailabilityZoneGroup API.

🚀 Amazon EC2 C8gd, M8gd, and R8gd instances with up to 11.4 TB of local NVMe SSD are now available in more regions. Powered by AWS Graviton4, they deliver up to 30% better performance than Graviton3 and improved I/O and query speeds for demanding workloads. Instances offer up to 50 Gbps network, EBS bandwidth controls, Elastic Fabric Adapter on larger sizes, and 12 sizes per family to suit diverse compute, balanced, and memory-intensive use cases.

🚀 Amazon EC2 P6-B300 instances are now available in the Asia Pacific (Seoul) Region. These instances offer 8x NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs with 2.1 TB high-bandwidth GPU memory, 6.4 Tbps EFA networking, 300 Gbps dedicated ENA throughput, and 4 TB of system memory. The P6-B300 delivers 2x networking bandwidth, 1.5x GPU memory, and 1.5x GPU TFLOPS (FP4) versus P6-B200, targeting large trillion-parameter FMs and LLM training and deployment. The p6-b300.48xlarge size is available in Seoul, US West (Oregon), AWS GovCloud (US-East), and US East (N. Virginia).

🔔 Amazon EC2 now allows creation of Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) using local snapshots from instances running on AWS Outposts. Customers may store snapshots on the Outpost or in the parent AWS Region, helping meet data residency needs. EC2 auto-selects the target Outpost based on the instance location, eliminating the need to specify an Outpost ARN. This feature integrates with existing backup and lifecycle workflows and is available where Outposts supports local snapshot storage.

🚀 Amazon EC2 R8a instances with 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors are now available in Asia Pacific (Taipei). These instances deliver up to 30% higher performance and up to 19% better price-performance versus R7a, plus 45% more memory bandwidth and SAP certification. Built on the AWS Nitro System with sixth-generation Nitro Cards, R8a offers 12 sizes (including 2 bare metal) for memory-intensive and latency-sensitive workloads.

🆕 Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R8i instances are now available in the Israel (Tel Aviv) region. These instances use custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS, offering the highest performance and fastest memory bandwidth among comparable Intel cloud processors. R8i provides up to 15% better price-performance, 2.5x memory bandwidth versus prior Intel-based generations, and up to 20% higher performance than R7i for general workloads.

🚀 Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i-6TB (u7i-6tb.112xlarge) instances are now available in the AWS Europe (Zurich) region. These 7th-generation instances use custom 4th-gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) CPUs and provide 6 TiB of DDR5 memory to scale transaction processing in memory-intensive workloads. They deliver 448 vCPUs, up to 100 Gbps EBS and network bandwidth, ENA Express, and up to 45% better price-performance versus U-1 instances, targeting mission-critical in-memory databases such as SAP HANA, Oracle, and SQL Server.

🔁 Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling now allows terminating up to 100 instances with a single TerminateInstanceInAutoScalingGroup API call, reducing API request volume when scaling down. Batch termination is intended for rapid scale-down scenarios like AI/ML training, container orchestrators, or event-driven fleets and validates all instances atomically before proceeding. Existing Auto Scaling behaviors such as lifecycle hooks and load balancer connection draining remain enforced for each instance. The capability is available in all AWS Regions at no additional cost.

🚀 Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i‑flex instances are now available in the Canada West (Calgary) region. These instances use custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS, offering up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x memory bandwidth versus prior Intel-based instances. R8i provides large sizes including 96xlarge and SAP certification; R8i‑flex offers common memory‑optimized sizes from large to 16xlarge. Purchase options include Savings Plans, On‑Demand, and Spot.

🔍 AWS now includes Local Zones in Spot placement score, enabling customers to identify where Spot capacity requests are most likely to succeed. The feature evaluates target capacity and compute requirements and returns scores for Regions or Availability Zones. Previously, Local Zone capacity was excluded from zonal and regional scores; inclusion is now optional and expands Spot capacity visibility. Spot placement score is available via the EC2 Spot Console, AWS CLI, and SDK.

🚀 Amazon EC2 R8a instances are now available in Canada (Central). These instances use 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors with up to 4.5 GHz and deliver up to 30% higher performance and up to 19% better price-performance versus R7a. Built on the AWS Nitro System with sixth generation Nitro Cards, R8a offers 12 sizes (including 2 bare metal) and is SAP-certified.

🔷 Amazon EC2 High Memory U7in-24TB (u7in-24tb.224xlarge) instances are now available in the AWS South America (São Paulo) region. These U7i instances are part of the AWS 7th generation and are powered by custom 4th-generation Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) processors. They provide 24 TiB DDR5 memory, 896 vCPUs, up to 200 Gbps networking and 100 Gbps EBS bandwidth, and support ENA Express. U7i instances target mission-critical in-memory databases such as SAP HANA, Oracle, and SQL Server.

🛠️ Amazon EC2 now offers application status checks that detect application-level failures such as web servers not accepting requests, stopped Docker daemons, or broken networking. Customers specify protocol, port, path, and healthy response codes to create checks, then associate them with instances by ID or tag. EC2 sends HTTP/HTTPS probes every 60 seconds and reports application health alongside existing instance and system checks, enabling Auto Scaling groups to replace instances flagged as unhealthy. This feature is available in all commercial AWS Regions and AWS GovCloud (US).

🆕 Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances are now available in Europe (Milan), powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS. These instances provide up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x memory bandwidth versus prior Intel-based instances, plus up to 20% higher performance than R7i. R8i-flex offers common memory-optimized sizes for cost-efficient workloads, while R8i includes 13 sizes, two bare metal options, and a 96xlarge for the largest applications, with SAP certification and 142,100 aSAPS.

⚙️ Amazon GameLift Servers now supports 21 additional EC2 instance types for managed EC2 and container fleets. The expansion covers compute-optimized C-series (C8a, C8i, C9g) and general-purpose M-series (M8a, M8i, M9g), offering x86 and Arm architectures. Customers can choose processors including 5th-gen AMD EPYC, custom Intel Xeon 6, or AWS Graviton5 to balance performance, cost, and engine compatibility.

🚀 Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) now supports fractional GPU scheduling on Amazon EC2 G6f instances, allowing containers to request GPU partitions as small as one-eighth of an NVIDIA L4 Tensor Core GPU (3 GB). This enables cost-efficient runs for small-model AI inference, model experimentation, and graphics rendering by right-sizing GPU resources. Configure fractional GPUs by setting GPU=0.125, GPU=0.25, or GPU=0.5 in your ECS task definition; support is available on ECS Managed Instances and ECS on EC2 with integrated monitoring and automated instance lifecycle handling.

🚀 Amazon EC2 G7 instances powered by NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs are now available in the Europe (Spain) Region. G7 delivers up to 4.6x AI inference and up to 2.1x graphics performance versus G6, with faster GPU-accelerated analytics. Instances offer up to 8 GPUs (32 GB each), custom Intel Xeon 6 CPUs, up to 192 vCPUs, 768 GiB memory, 700 Gbps EFA, and 7.6 TB NVMe local storage. G7s are available as On-Demand, Spot, and Savings Plans in four regions today.

🚀 Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced general availability of runtime instances for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, enabling agents to run on customer-managed EC2 instances without manual infrastructure management. The feature complements existing microVM-based runtimes and supports diverse EC2 families including GPU-accelerated, memory-optimized, and compute-optimized types. Runtime instances allow long-running agent sessions up to 14 days and integrate with the AWS Console, CLI, SDKs, and APIs to create capacity providers and attach agents. Availability spans multiple regions and billing includes EC2 costs plus management fees, with documentation and pricing details provided by AWS.

🚀 Amazon EC2 M8g instances are now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) and AWS Mexico (Central). Powered by AWS Graviton4 processors, they deliver up to 30% better performance than Graviton3-based instances and are suited for general-purpose workloads like application servers, microservices, gaming servers, midsize data stores, and caching fleets. Built on the AWS Nitro System, M8g instances offer improved performance and security.

🚀 Amazon EMR on EC2 now supports interactive Apache Spark sessions via Spark Connect, enabling data engineers and scientists to develop and debug Spark applications from managed notebooks in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio or from IDEs like Jupyter and VS Code. Each interactive session runs on a dedicated EMR on EC2 cluster, and users can monitor and debug active and completed sessions through the EMR console. The feature offers persistent Spark contexts across cells, a client-server architecture that decouples clients from the Spark driver, and real-time observability through the Spark UI and History Server.