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Amazon EC2 I8g storage-optimized instances expand to EU/Asia

🚀 Amazon Web Services has made Amazon EC2 I8g storage-optimized instances generally available in Europe (Stockholm) and Asia Pacific (Osaka). Built on the AWS Nitro System and using third-generation Nitro SSDs, I8g delivers up to 65% better storage performance per TB, plus lower I/O latency and reduced latency variability versus I4g. The family spans up to 48xlarge and one metal size with up to 1.5 TiB memory, 45 TB local NVMe storage, and up to 100 Gbps network performance, targeting transactional databases, NoSQL, real-time analytics, and LLM pre-processing workloads.

Amazon EKS Independent Validation of Zero-Operator Access

🔒 AWS announced an independent affirmation of the Amazon EKS zero operator access design, validated by cybersecurity firm NCC Group. The review found no architectural gaps and confirmed that AWS personnel lack technical means to access or manipulate customer content in managed Kubernetes control planes or etcd backups. AWS highlights Nitro-based confidential compute, tightly scoped administrative APIs with multi-party change approval, mandatory logging and auditing, and envelope encryption for etcd as core protections. Customers retain visibility via cluster audit logs and remain responsible for securing worker node configurations outside managed modes.

Amazon EC2 C6in Instances Now in Asia Pacific (Thailand)

🚀 Starting today, Amazon EC2 C6in instances are available in AWS Region Asia Pacific (Thailand). These sixth-generation, network-optimized instances use 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors and the AWS Nitro System to deliver up to 200 Gbps of network bandwidth—about 2x the bandwidth of comparable fifth-generation instances. C6in offers up to 128 vCPUs across 10 sizes (including a bare metal option), up to 100 Gbps of EBS bandwidth, and up to 400K IOPS, with Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) supported on 32xlarge and metal sizes.