Amazon EC2 C9g and C9gd compute optimized instances are now available
Amazon EC2 ยท 2026-06-30
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Technical Details
| Regions | us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-2, eu-central-1 |
|---|---|
| Cost Impact | Neutral |
| IaC Impact | High |
What This Means
For DevOps Teams
Update your infrastructure to include C9g and C9gd instances, ensuring your compute-intensive workloads benefit from up to 25% better performance and 5x larger cache.
For Platform Teams
Adopt C9g and C9gd instances to integrate advanced compute capabilities and security features into your architecture, reducing toil and enhancing performance.
For Executives
Evaluate deploying C9g and C9gd instances to achieve up to 35% faster performance for machine learning and web applications, leveraging the new Nitro Isolation Engine for enhanced security and isolation.
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