Amazon Launches C8i and C8i-flex EC2 Instances in Europe, Canada, and US West Regions

C8i and C8i-flex instances featuring custom Intel Xeon 6 CPUs are now accessible in multiple AWS regions, enhancing compute and memory performance.

By Eva Hart · Editorial pseudonym · 2026-02-20 · 1 min read

AI-ASSISTED REPORTING · RETROSPECTIVE ARCHIVE

Retrospective edition: 2026-02-20. Source published: 2026-02-11. 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.

AWS expanded availability of its C8i and C8i-flex Amazon EC2 instances to Europe (Paris), Canada (Central), and US West (N. California). These instances provide up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5 times more memory bandwidth versus prior Intel generations, aiming at compute-intensive workloads.

Optimized for web servers, databases, and enterprise applications, these instances deliver significant speed gains for AI deep learning, NGINX web applications, and caching. Vendor benchmarks report up to 60% faster performance for select workloads, though external validation details were not documented. This expansion supports developers targeting balanced compute-memory resource demands.

Source & further reading

Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances are now available in Europe (Paris), Canada (Central), and US West (N. California) regions ↗

Source published 2026-02-11. 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.