Amazon EC2 R9g and R9gd memory optimized instances are now available
Amazon EC2 ยท 2026-08-31
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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-as-code templates to include R9g and R9gd instances for memory-intensive workloads, ensuring compatibility with the latest Nitro System and Graviton5 processors.
For Platform Teams
Adopt R9g and R9gd instances to provide your teams with high-performance, memory-optimized compute resources, reducing operational toil with the new Nitro Isolation Engine.
For Executives
Evaluate deploying R9g and R9gd instances to achieve up to 35% faster performance for web applications and machine learning workloads, leveraging the new Nitro Isolation Engine for enhanced security.
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