Amazon EC2 expanded its Europe (Ireland) region offerings by launching the R8i and R8i-flex instances, powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS. These instances deliver up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5 times more memory bandwidth compared to prior Intel-based generations, with up to 20% increased performance over R7i instances for various workloads.
The R8i-flex variant caters to most memory-intensive applications with common instance sizes optimized for balanced compute and memory utilization, while the full R8i series includes larger sizes for continuous CPU-intensive tasks. They are SAP-certified and claimed to improve performance for databases, web applications, and AI recommendation models, according to AWS disclosures.
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Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances are now available in Europe (Ireland) region ↗Source published 2026-02-17. 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.