Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions

Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML in AWS GovCloud
Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML is now available in AWS GovCloud (US-West) and AWS GovCloud (US-East), enabling government and regulated-industry customers to reserve GPU capacity for machine learning workloads.
EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML allows you to reserve GPU instances in advance for a defined duration, giving you assured access to accelerated compute for short-duration pre-training, fine-tuning, rapid prototyping, and inference demand surges. Capacity Blocks deliver low-latency, high-throughput connectivity through colocation in Amazon EC2 UltraClusters.
Key Features
- Reserved GPU Capacity: Reserve GPU instances up to eight weeks in advance for durations up to 6 months.
- Cluster Sizes: Reserve capacity in cluster sizes of one to 64 instances.
- Shared Capacity: Share Capacity Blocks across multiple accounts using AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM).
- Instance Types: Available on P6-B200 instances in AWS GovCloud (US-West) and P6-B200 and P6-B300 instances in AWS GovCloud (US-East).
What to do
- Visit the EC2 Capacity Blocks documentation to get started.
Source: AWS release notes
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