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Amazon EC2 R8g instances now available in additional regions

Regional Expansion



This article announces the availability of Amazon EC2 R8g instances in additional AWS regions, powered by AWS Graviton4 processors.

  • R8g instances now available in Asia Pacific (Thailand, New Zealand), Africa (Cape Town), Europe (Milan), and Canada West (Calgary)
  • Deliver up to 30% better performance compared to Graviton3-based R7g instances
  • Ideal for memory-intensive workloads including databases, in-memory caches, and real-time analytics
  • Offer up to 48xlarge sizes with 1.5TB memory and 50 Gbps enhanced networking bandwidth
  • Up to 40% faster for databases and 45% faster for large Java applications
  • Built on AWS Nitro System for enhanced performance and security

R8g instances provide improved performance and energy efficiency for memory-intensive workloads across 12 instance sizes.



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