C8id instances boast configurations up to 384 vCPUs, 768 GiB RAM, and 22.8 TB NVMe SSD storage, providing up to 43% higher performance and more than triple memory bandwidth compared to prior generation C6id instances. These advances benefit I/O intensive database and real-time data analytics workloads.
These instances include flexible bandwidth configuration options and target compute-heavy applications such as high-performance web servers and video encoding. They are accessible through AWS's familiar purchase models and have been expanded to multiple regions including Spain and Frankfurt amid other global locations.
Source & further reading
Amazon EC2 C8id instances are now available in Europe (Spain) ↗Source published 2026-03-11. 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.