Amazon EC2 T8i instances are now available in South America (São Paulo)

Published
October 15, 2026
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/10/ec2-t8i-instances-south-america/

Amazon EC2 T8i Instances Now Available in South America

Amazon EC2 T8i instances, powered by custom sixth generation Intel Xeon 6 processors, are now available in South America (São Paulo). These instances offer up to 30% better price performance compared to previous generation T3 instances and are ideal for workloads requiring low to moderate CPU utilization.

Key Features

  • Up to 70% higher compute performance
  • 1.25x higher network bandwidth
  • 2.4x higher EBS bandwidth compared to T3 instances
  • Four sizes available: nano, micro, small, and medium

What to do

  • Upgrade existing T3 instances to T8i for better price performance
  • Explore T8i instances for cost-effective entry to AWS
  • Take advantage of T8i.micro and T8i.small under the AWS Free Tier

Source: AWS release notes




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