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🚀 Starting today, Amazon EC2 P6-B200 instances accelerated by NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs are available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region. These instances deliver up to 2x performance versus P5en for AI training and inference and include 8 Blackwell GPUs, 1440 GB of high-bandwidth GPU memory, and 60% greater GPU memory bandwidth. They use 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors (Emerald Rapids), offer up to 3.2 Tbps EFAv4 networking, and run on the AWS Nitro System for scalable UltraClusters.

🚀 Starting today, Amazon EC2 P6-B300 instances are available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. These instances provide 8x NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs with 2.1 TB high-bandwidth GPU memory, 6.4 Tbps EFA networking, 300 Gbps ENA throughput, and 4 TB system memory. P6-B300 delivers higher networking and memory than P6-B200, enabling faster training and greater token throughput for large foundation models.

🛠️ Amazon CloudWatch Database Insights now supports monitoring of self-managed PostgreSQL instances alongside Amazon RDS and Aurora. Use the Amazon CloudWatch agent to collect health and performance metrics from PostgreSQL running on EC2, and view live database load, wait event analysis, query-level statistics, and host metrics in the Database Insights fleet view. This feature is available in all AWS Commercial Regions and uses the same Database Insights console and workflows familiar to AWS-managed database users.

🚀 Amazon EC2 R9g and R9gd instances powered by AWS Graviton5 processors are now generally available, targeting memory-intensive workloads such as databases, in-memory caches, real-time analytics, and containerized applications. R9gd adds local NVMe SSD storage for block-level needs. These instances claim up to 25% better compute performance versus Graviton4-based R8g/R8gd and offer enhanced cache and memory speeds. They run on the sixth-generation AWS Nitro System with the new Nitro Isolation Engine to improve workload isolation and are available in multiple US and EU regions.

🛠️ AWS Secrets Manager now offers one‑click installation for the AWS Workload Credentials Provider (AWCP) on Amazon Linux and Windows, replacing a prior multi‑step build-from-source flow. Pre-built, code-signed binaries for Linux (x86_64, ARM64) and Windows (x64) are available via public download and the Amazon Linux repository, enabling one-command install on Amazon Linux EC2. AWCP resolves secrets from AWS Secrets Manager, caches them in memory, and exposes them via a local HTTP endpoint; it also retrieves certificates from AWS Certificate Manager. The feature is available in all Regions where Secrets Manager is offered at no extra charge beyond standard Secrets Manager pricing.

🚀Starting today, Amazon EC2 C8gn instances powered by AWS Graviton4 processors are available in the AWS Europe (Paris) region. These instances deliver up to 30% better compute performance versus Graviton3-based C7gn instances and include 6th generation AWS Nitro Cards with up to 600 Gbps network bandwidth. C8gn supports sizes up to 48xlarge, up to 384 GiB memory, EFA on select sizes, and up to 120 Gbps EBS bandwidth for network-intensive workloads.

🚀 Amazon EC2 P6-B300 instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) and South America (Sao Paulo), expanding regional availability. These instances offer 8x NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs with 2.1 TB GPU memory, 6.4 Tbps EFA networking, 300 Gbps ENA throughput, and 4 TB system memory. P6-B300 delivers increased networking, GPU memory, and TFLOPS versus P6-B200, targeting training and deployment of large trillion-parameter FMs and LLMs. The p6-b300.48xlarge size is available in multiple AWS Regions including US West (Oregon) and N. Virginia.

🚀 Amazon EC2 X8i instances are now available in Europe (Milan) and Europe (Spain). These instances use custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS and are SAP-certified, offering up to 43% higher performance, 1.5x more memory capacity (up to 6TB), and 3.3x more memory bandwidth versus prior generation X2i. X8i is optimized for memory-intensive workloads like SAP HANA, large databases, data analytics, and EDA, and is available in 14 sizes including bare metal options.

🛠️ Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) now supports the i7i.metal-48xl bare-metal Amazon EC2 instance, providing a higher core-count option with 5th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors. This instance class delivers up to 23% better compute and >10% better price performance versus i4i instances, plus larger memory and storage to host more VMs per EVS host. The feature is available in Regions where both Amazon EVS and EC2 i7i are offered and enables VCF 9.x capabilities and onboarding automations.

🚀 Amazon EC2 R8id instances are now available in additional regions, including Asia Pacific (Mumbai, Malaysia, Sydney), Canada (Central), and Europe (Ireland, Stockholm). These instances provide up to 22.8TB of NVMe SSD local storage and 3.3x higher memory bandwidth, delivering up to 43% better performance versus R6id for memory-intensive workloads. Customers can adjust network and EBS bandwidth by 25% using EC2 instance bandwidth weighting and can use EFA on larger sizes. R8id instances are purchasable via Savings Plans, On-Demand, and Spot.

🚀 Amazon EC2 C8id and M8id instances with up to 22.8 TB of local NVMe SSD storage are now available in additional AWS Regions. C8id instances launched in Asia Pacific (Sydney) and Canada (Central); M8id instances launched in Asia Pacific (Mumbai) and Canada (Central). These instances provide significantly higher vCPU, memory, storage, and I/O performance versus prior sixth-generation instances and support EFA on larger sizes.

🟢 Starting today, you can add Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML and interruptible Capacity Reservations to Capacity Reservation Resource Groups. Previously limited to On-Demand Capacity Reservations, resource groups now accept any reservation type, simplifying instance launches across reserved capacity. Use a Capacity Reservation Resource Group in launch requests, and when using EC2 Fleet or Auto Scaling you can set prioritization and automatic fall back to On-Demand. This feature is available in supported AWS Regions with no additional charges.

🚀 Starting today, Amazon EC2 M8i and M8i‑flex instances are available in Canada West (Calgary). Powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS, they deliver higher performance and memory bandwidth, offering up to 15% better price-performance and significant workload-specific boosts versus previous generations. M8i‑flex targets common general-purpose sizes, while M8i supports larger, SAP‑certified sizes including a new 96xlarge.

🚀 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.