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🛡️ Starting today, Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts support creating Host Resource Groups (HRGs) without requiring Self-Managed Licenses (SMLs). This change benefits customers who use Dedicated Hosts for hardware-level isolation or EC2 Mac Instances, while customers with BYOL needs can still opt to create HRGs with SMLs to restrict AMIs and track license consumption. To create an HRG without an SML, uncheck the "Restrict to AMIs associated with self-managed license" option in the EC2 Console or set instance-launch-option to license-configuration-required via the AWS CLI. The feature is available in all Regions that support Host Resource Groups.

🚀 Amazon Web Services (AWS) now offers Amazon EC2 I8ge instances in Europe (London) and Canada (Central). Powered by AWS Graviton4, these storage-optimized instances deliver up to 60% better compute performance and up to 55% better real-time storage performance per TB versus prior generations. I8ge provides up to 120TB of local NVMe, reduced storage I/O latency, and up to 180 Gbps network bandwidth across eleven sizes.

🔔 Amazon has expanded EC2 High Memory U7i instances to additional regions, adding U7in-16TB in São Paulo and U7in-24TB in Ireland. These 7th-generation instances use custom Intel Sapphire Rapids processors and provide large DDR5 memory footprints of 16 TiB and 24 TiB respectively. Both instance sizes offer 896 vCPUs, up to 100 Gbps Amazon EBS bandwidth, 200 Gbps networking, and ENA Express, targeting in-memory databases and high-throughput transaction workloads.

🚀 Starting today, Amazon EC2 C7a instances are available in AWS US West (N. California). Powered by 4th Gen AMD EPYC (Genoa) processors with up to 3.7 GHz, C7a delivers up to 50% higher performance than C6a and introduces AVX-512, VNNI, and bfloat16 support. These instances use DDR5 memory with 2.25x more memory bandwidth and come in 12 sizes including bare metal, plus support for up to 128 EBS volumes. Built on the AWS Nitro System, C7a is optimized for compute-intensive workloads and is available via On-Demand, Spot, and Savings Plans.

🚀 Amazon announced general-purpose EC2 M8a instances are now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region. Powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors, M8a offers up to 30% higher performance and up to 19% better price-performance versus M7a. Instances provide 45% more memory bandwidth, SAP certification, 12 sizes including two bare metal options, and support for Savings Plans, On-Demand, and Spot purchases.

🚀 Amazon EC2 M8id instances are now available in Europe (Ireland). Powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, they deliver up to 43% higher compute performance and 3.3x greater memory bandwidth versus M6id. Instances scale to 384 vCPUs, 1.5 TiB memory, and 22.8 TB NVMe SSD, and provide improved I/O and analytics performance with flexible Instance Bandwidth Configuration.

🚀 Starting today, Amazon EC2 M6in and M6idn instances are available in AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) and South America (Sao Paulo). These sixth-generation, network-optimized instances use 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors and the AWS Nitro System to deliver up to 200 Gbps network bandwidth—roughly 2x the bandwidth of comparable fifth-generation instances. They support up to 128 vCPUs, 512 GiB memory, up to 100 Gbps EBS bandwidth, 400K IOPS, EFA on select sizes, and up to 7.6 TB of instance storage on M6idn variants.

🚀 Amazon EC2 R6in and R6idn instances are now available in AWS Europe (Paris) and Canada (Central). These sixth-generation, network-optimized instances use 3rd Gen Intel Xeon processors and the AWS Nitro System to deliver up to 200 Gbps network bandwidth, 2x improved bandwidth and packet-processing versus prior generation. They support up to 128 vCPUs, 1024 GiB memory, up to 100 Gbps EBS bandwidth, and offer EFA on select sizes. R6idn adds up to 7.6 TB of high-speed instance storage.

🚀 Starting today, Amazon EC2 C6in instances are available in AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei). These sixth-generation network-optimized instances, powered by 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors and the AWS Nitro System, deliver up to 200 Gbps network bandwidth and up to 100 Gbps Amazon EBS bandwidth with 400K IOPS. C6in instances support up to 128 vCPUs across 10 sizes (including bare metal) and offer EFA on 32xlarge and metal sizes for high-performance networking.

🚀 Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances are now available in Europe (Stockholm, Zurich). Powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS, these instances provide up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x the memory bandwidth versus prior Intel-based generations. R8i delivers higher performance at large sizes including a new 96xlarge and SAP certification; R8i-flex offers common memory-optimized sizes from large to 16xlarge for workloads that underutilize compute.

🚀 Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched Amazon EC2 I8ge instances in AWS GovCloud (US-East, US-West). Powered by AWS Graviton4, these storage-optimized instances provide up to 60% better compute performance versus Graviton2 storage instances and use third-generation AWS Nitro SSDs for improved storage throughput and latency. I8ge offers up to 120 TB local NVMe storage, up to 180 Gbps network bandwidth, and multiple sizes including metal options to support demanding, low-latency workloads.

📣 The Athens Local Zone by AWS is now generally available, offering localized infrastructure in Greece to support data residency and low-latency use cases. It provides EC2 C7i/M7i/R7i instances, Amazon S3 (including One Zone-IA), Amazon EBS with Local Snapshots and multiple volume types, ECS, EKS, VPC, Direct Connect, and Application Load Balancer. Customers can enable the zone (eu-central-1-ath-1a) via AWS Global View or API and use standard AWS pricing models and APIs with no minimum commitment.

🔍 Amazon EC2 now includes the AWS Systems Manager (SSM) Parameter Store names associated with public AMIs directly in the AMI metadata. When you describe a public AMI, the response shows the related public SSM parameter, enabling easier discovery and referencing. This feature simplifies using SSM parameter aliases that resolve to the latest AMI versions and is available in all AWS regions, including China and GovCloud, at no extra cost.

🔎 Amazon EC2 now includes the AWS Systems Manager (SSM) Parameter Store parameters linked to public AMIs directly in AMI metadata. When you describe a public AMI, the response returns the associated public SSM parameter, making discovery and reference simpler. This eliminates manual namespace searches and enables using the parameter as an alias to always resolve to the latest AMI version. The feature is available at no additional cost in all AWS commercial, China, and GovCloud Regions.

🚀 Amazon EC2 High Memory U7in-24TB (u7in-24tb.224xlarge) instances are now available in the AWS Europe (Paris) region. These U7i instances belong to the 7th generation and are powered by custom 4th-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Sapphire Rapids), offering 24 TiB DDR5 memory and 896 vCPUs. They deliver up to 100 Gbps Amazon EBS bandwidth, 200 Gbps network bandwidth, ENA Express, and up to 45% better price performance versus U-1 instances. Ideal for in-memory databases such as SAP HANA, Oracle, and SQL Server.

🚀 Amazon EC2 G7e instances, powered by NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs, are now available in AWS Regions Europe (Frankfurt, Stockholm) and Asia Pacific (Mumbai). These instances deliver up to 2.3x inference performance versus G6e and are optimized for LLMs, multimodal generative AI, agentic AI, and spatial computing. G7e supports up to 8 GPUs with 96 GB each, 192 vCPUs, 1600 Gbps networking, and advanced NVIDIA GPUDirect capabilities for multi-GPU and multi-node workloads.

🚀 AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS) now recovers AWS-based workloads faster by skipping unnecessary preparation steps for source servers running on Amazon EC2. This optimization can reduce recovery time by up to 65% for Windows and up to 40% for Linux, while still automatically applying networking, drivers, and licensing. Administrators can enable faster recovery across an account or on a per-server basis and change settings as needed. The feature is available in all Regions offering AWS DRS at no additional cost.

🔔 AWS has made new Amazon EC2 instance families (M8in, M8idn, M8ib, M8idb) available in US East (Ohio), Europe (Ireland), and Asia Pacific (Tokyo). These sixth-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor–based instances deliver up to 43% higher performance and include the latest sixth-generation AWS Nitro cards. M8in/M8idn provide up to 600 Gbps network bandwidth for network-intensive workloads, while M8ib/M8idb offer up to 300 Gbps EBS bandwidth for storage-heavy applications. The instances are available across multiple regions and purchasing options including Savings Plans, On-Demand, and Spot.

🔔 Amazon EC2 R8in, R8ib, R8idn, and R8idb instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Tokyo) and Europe (Frankfurt, Ireland). Powered by custom sixth‑generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors exclusive to AWS and the latest sixth‑generation AWS Nitro cards, these instances provide up to 43% better compute per vCPU versus R6i predecessors. They offer leading network and EBS bandwidth, support EFA on large sizes, and are offered via Savings Plans, On‑Demand, and Spot.

🚀 Amazon EC2 G7 instances powered by NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs are available in US East (N. Virginia). G7 instances deliver up to 4.6x AI inference and up to 2.1x graphics performance versus G6, and improve GPU-accelerated data analytics. Configurations support up to 8 GPUs (32 GB each), 192 vCPUs, 768 GiB memory, 7.6 TB NVMe, and 700 Gbps networking. G7 is available in US East (N. Virginia, Ohio) and US West (Oregon) and can be purchased On-Demand, Spot, or via Savings Plans.