Amazon EC2 R8g instances now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 ยท 2026-06-26
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Technical Details
| Regions | Asia Pacific (Thailand), Asia Pacific (New Zealand), Africa (Cape Town), Europe (Milan), Canada West (Calgary) |
|---|---|
| Cost Impact | Neutral |
| IaC Impact | High |
What This Means
For DevOps Teams
Update your infrastructure to include Amazon EC2 R8g instances in the new regions to take advantage of the improved performance and larger instance sizes, ensuring your applications run more efficiently and cost-effectively.
For Platform Teams
Adopt Amazon EC2 R8g instances in the new regions to enhance your platform's performance and efficiency, leveraging the advanced capabilities of AWS Graviton4 processors for memory-intensive workloads.
For Executives
Evaluate deploying Amazon EC2 R8g instances in new regions to leverage up to 30% better performance and enhanced capabilities for memory-intensive workloads, ultimately driving cost efficiency and improved application performance.
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