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Amazon EC2 R8gd instances are now available in additional regions

Published
October 9, 2026
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/10/amazon-ec2-r8gd-thf/

Amazon EC2 R8gd Instances Now Available in AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) Region

Amazon EC2 R8gd instances are now available in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) region, featuring up to 11.4 TB of local NVMe-based SSD block-level storage and powered by AWS Graviton4 processors, delivering up to 30% better performance over Graviton3-based instances. These instances are ideal for applications requiring high-speed, low latency local storage.

Key Features

  • Storage: Up to 11.4 TB of local NVMe-based SSD block-level storage
  • Processors: Powered by AWS Graviton4 processors
  • Network Bandwidth: Up to 50 Gbps of network bandwidth and up to 40 Gbps of bandwidth to Amazon EBS
  • Bandwidth Adjustment: Ability to adjust network and Amazon EBS bandwidth by 25% using EC2 instance bandwidth weighting configuration
  • Networking: Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) networking on 24xlarge, 48xlarge, metal-24xl, and metal-48xl sizes

What to do

Source: AWS release notes




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