Amazon EC2 C8id, M8id, and R8id Instances Expand to New AWS Regions

AWS released next-generation Intel Xeon 6-based EC2 instances in Europe and Asia Pacific, enhancing compute, memory, and I/O performance for varied workloads.

By Lydia Stone · Editorial pseudonym · 2026-02-10 · 1 min read

AI-ASSISTED REPORTING · RETROSPECTIVE ARCHIVE

Retrospective edition: 2026-02-10. Source published: 2026-02-10. Added to this archive: 2026-11-03. This briefing was prepared later from the linked announcement; it was not published on this website on the historical edition date.

Amazon EC2’s C8id, M8id, and R8id instances feature up to 384 vCPUs, 3 TiB RAM, and 22.8 TB NVMe SSD storage, delivering performance improvements of up to 43% and memory bandwidth increases over prior generations. The instances support flexible bandwidth allocation between network and EBS storage.

From February 2026, C8id and M8id became available in Frankfurt and Tokyo, with M8id also launching in Spain. R8id instances are now available in Spain and Tokyo. These instances target compute-intensive, balanced, and memory-heavy applications such as HPC, enterprise workloads, databases, and real-time analytics, bringing improved performance and cost optimization to additional markets.

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Amazon EC2 C8id, M8id, and R8id instances are available in additional regions ↗

Source published 2026-02-10. 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.