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Amazon EC2 M8gd and R8gd instances are now available in additional AWS Regions

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AWS·1 week ago · Jul 8, 2026, 07:29 PMFeatureAI-assisted summary

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M8gd and R8gd Graviton4 instances launched in additional AWS regions (EU Paris, AP Mumbai, EU Stockholm/Milan, AP Osaka/Melbourne/Singapore/Taipei)
Instances offer up to 11.4 TB NVMe local storage, up to 50 Gbps network, 40 Gbps EBS bandwidth, and ~30 % performance improvement over Graviton3
Bandwidth weighting allows 25 % adjustment of network/EBS bandwidth and EFA networking is available on larger sizes

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