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

Published
June 12, 2026
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-ec2-capacity-blocks-ml-govcloud/

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

Source: AWS release notes




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