Amazon Redshift RG instances now available in Europe (Zurich) Region
Amazon Redshift ยท 2026-09-10
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Technical Details
| Regions | eu-central-2 |
|---|---|
| Migration Required | Yes |
| Cost Impact | Decrease |
| IaC Impact | High |
What This Means
For DevOps Teams
Update your Redshift clusters to RG instances in the Europe (Zurich) Region using Snapshot & Restore, Elastic Resize, or Classic Resize to leverage improved performance and cost savings, ensuring minimal disruption to existing workloads.
For Platform Teams
Adopt Amazon Redshift RG instances in the Europe (Zurich) Region to enhance your data platform with better performance, cost efficiency, and unified SQL analytics across data warehouse and data lake, simplifying architecture and reducing operational toil.
For Executives
Evaluate deploying Amazon Redshift RG instances in the Europe (Zurich) Region to achieve up to 2.4x better performance and 30% lower price per vCPU for your data warehouse and data lake workloads, enhancing competitive positioning and cost efficiency.
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