As of January 2026, AWS made new EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances available in Asia Pacific (Sydney) and Europe (Frankfurt). These instances use custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS, offering up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5× more memory bandwidth than prior Intel-based EC2 offerings.
Performance improvements include up to 60% faster web application performance and substantial acceleration for AI recommendation models and Memcached compared to previous generation instances. The flexible sizing options for C8i-flex enable optimized resource usage across diverse compute-intensive workloads.
Source & further reading
Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Sydney) and Europe (Frankfurt) regions ↗Source published 2026-01-22. This report was prepared with AI assistance from the linked primary-source material. Claims and limitations should be checked against the original announcement or research.