Amazon Redshift introduces AWS Graviton-based RG instances with an integrated data lake query engine
Amazon Redshift ยท 2026-05-12
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Technical Details
| Regions | us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-1, us-west-2, ap-east-1, ap-south-1, ap-northeast-3, ap-northeast-2, ap-southeast-1, ap-southeast-2, ap-south-2, ap-southeast-3, ap-southeast-4, ap-northeast-1, ca-central-1, eu-central-1, eu-west-1, eu-west-2, eu-south-1, eu-north-1, eu-west-3, sa-east-1 |
|---|---|
| Migration Required | Yes |
| Cost Impact | Decrease |
| IaC Impact | High |
What This Means
For DevOps Teams
Migrate existing Redshift clusters to RG instances to leverage better performance and cost efficiency, with minimal downtime and no need to modify application code or recreate external tables.
For Platform Teams
Adopt Amazon Redshift RG instances to integrate data lake querying within the data warehouse, eliminating the need for Redshift Spectrum and reducing operational complexity.
For Executives
Evaluate deploying Amazon Redshift RG instances to achieve up to 2.2x faster performance at 30% lower price per vCPU, reducing total analytics costs and simplifying operations with a single system for querying both warehouse tables and data lakes.
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