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Amazon EC2 X8i instances are now available in the South America (São Paulo) Region

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AWS·Sep 18, 2026, 10:16 PMFeatureAI-assisted summary

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X8i instances are now available in the South America (São Paulo) region.
They provide up to 43% higher performance, up to 6 TB memory, and 3.3× memory bandwidth versus X2i, targeting SAP HANA, large databases, analytics, and EDA workloads.
Offered in 14 sizes (including bare metal) and purchasable via Savings Plans, On‑Demand, or Spot.

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