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Amazon EC2 C8id instances are now available in Europe (Spain)

Published
March 11, 2026
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/03/amazon-ec2-c8id-instances-europe-spain/

Amazon EC2 C8id Instances Now Available

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) C8id instances powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors feature up to 384 vCPUs, 768GiB of memory, and 22.8TB of NVMe SSD storage. They deliver up to 43% higher performance and 3.3x more memory bandwidth compared to previous generation C6id instances. These instances are now available in Europe (Spain) region.

These instances offer up to 46% higher performance for I/O intensive database workloads and up to 30% faster query results for I/O intensive real-time data analytics. They also support Instance Bandwidth Configuration, allowing flexible allocation between network and EBS bandwidth.

Ideal for compute-intensive workloads such as high-performance web servers, batch processing, distributed analytics, ad serving, video encoding, and gaming servers, C8id instances are available in multiple regions including US East (N. Virginia, Ohio), US West (Oregon), Europe (Frankfurt, Spain), and Asia Pacific (Tokyo). Customers can purchase these instances via Savings Plans, On-Demand instances, and Spot instances.

What to do

  • Explore the new C8id instances on the Amazon EC2 instance type page.
  • Consider migrating to C8id instances for workloads requiring higher performance and memory bandwidth.
  • Check availability in your preferred region and purchase options.

Source: AWS release notes




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