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Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances are now available in additional AWS regions

Published
January 7, 2026
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/01/amazon-ec2-c8i-c8i-flex-instances-additional-aws-regions

Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex Instances Available in New Regions

Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances are now available in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Seoul), and Asia Pacific (Tokyo) regions. These instances are powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, offering up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x more memory bandwidth compared to previous generation Intel-based instances.

Key highlights:

  • Performance: Up to 20% higher performance than C7i and C7i-flex instances.
  • Specific Workloads: Up to 60% faster for NGINX web applications, up to 40% faster for AI deep learning recommendation models, and 35% faster for Memcached stores compared to C7i and C7i-flex.

What to do

Source: AWS release notes




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