Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances are now available in Europe (Paris), Canada (Central), and US West (N. California) regions

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

Starting today, Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances are available in the Europe (Paris), Canada (Central), and US West (N. California) regions. These instances are powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, delivering the highest performance and fastest memory bandwidth among comparable Intel processors in the cloud.

• Performance: Up to 20% higher performance than C7i and C7i-flex instances.
• Price-performance: Up to 15% better price-performance.
• Memory Bandwidth: 2.5x more memory bandwidth compared to previous generation Intel-based 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

• Sign in to the AWS Management Console to get started.
• Purchase these instances via Savings Plans, On-Demand instances, and Spot instances.
• Visit the AWS News blog for more information about the new C8i and C8i-flex instances.

Source: AWS release notes

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