- R8i family (R8in, R8ib, R8idn, R8idb) EC2 instances are now launched in Asia Pacific (Tokyo) and Europe (Frankfurt, Ireland) regions, expanding availability beyond existing US and EU locations.
- These sixth‑generation Intel Xeon‑based instances boost compute performance up to 43% per vCPU, offer up to 600 Gbps network bandwidth (R8in/idn) and 300 Gbps EBS bandwidth (R8ib/idb), the highest in their categories.
- They support Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) on the largest sizes for low‑latency cluster workloads and are purchasable via Savings Plans, On‑Demand, and Spot pricing.
Amazon EC2 network/EBS instances now available in additional regions
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