AWS Expands EC2 High Memory U7i Instances to Additional Regions

AWS deployed new EC2 High Memory U7i instances featuring Intel Sapphire Rapids processors and up to 16 TiB DDR5 RAM in South America and Europe for demanding in-memory database applications.

By Sofia Reed · Editorial pseudonym · 2026-02-13 · 1 min read

AI-ASSISTED REPORTING · RETROSPECTIVE ARCHIVE

Retrospective edition: 2026-02-13. Source published: 2026-02-13. 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.

The 7th generation EC2 High Memory U7i instances come equipped with custom fourth-generation Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) CPUs and large DDR5 memory capacities, ranging from 6 TiB to 16 TiB. The U7i-6tb, U7i-12tb, and U7in-16tb variants feature between 448 and 896 vCPUs and support up to 100 Gbps to 200 Gbps network bandwidth, enabling accelerated processing and data transfer.

AWS extended availability of U7i-6tb instances to Sao Paulo and Milan, U7i-12tb to GovCloud (US-East), and U7in-16tb to London. These instances support ENA Express and elastic block storage, targeting mission-critical, in-memory databases like SAP HANA, Oracle, and SQL Server, assisting organizations with large-scale transaction processing workloads.

Source & further reading

Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i instances now available in additional regions ↗

Source published 2026-02-13. 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.