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Announcing metal-48xl and metal-96xl for Amazon EC2 network/EBS instances

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Announcing metal-48xl and metal-96xl for Amazon EC2 network/EBS instances

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GA of metal-48xl and metal-96xl sizes for M8 and R8 instance families, using 6th‑gen Intel Xeon and Nitro cards.
Offer up to 43% better compute per vCPU and the highest network (600 Gbps) or EBS (300 Gbps) bandwidth among non‑accelerated EC2 instances.
Include Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) support for low‑latency clusters; initially available in US East (N. Virginia).

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Announcing metal-48xl and metal-96xl for Amazon EC2 network/EBS instances

Official AWS changelog summary with source attribution, release tags, and community reactions.

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AWS·4 days ago · Jun 9, 2026, 03:00 PMFeatureAI-assisted summary

Announcing metal-48xl and metal-96xl for Amazon EC2 network/EBS instances

Summary

GA of metal-48xl and metal-96xl sizes for M8 and R8 instance families, using 6th‑gen Intel Xeon and Nitro cards.
Offer up to 43% better compute per vCPU and the highest network (600 Gbps) or EBS (300 Gbps) bandwidth among non‑accelerated EC2 instances.
Include Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) support for low‑latency clusters; initially available in US East (N. Virginia).