Amazon Web Services expanded its EC2 High Memory U7i instance family to the Asia Pacific (Singapore) region, offering configurations with 8 TiB and 12 TiB of DDR5 memory. These instances utilize custom fourth generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors (Sapphire Rapids), delivering up to 896 vCPUs and supporting 100 Gbps bandwidth for both EBS and network traffic. Amazon positions these instances as suitable for mission-critical in-memory database workloads such as SAP HANA, Oracle, and SQL Server.
The instances enhance capabilities for organizations needing large memory pools and high computational throughput in cloud environments. While AWS claims improvements in transaction processing throughput, independent performance benchmarks were not included in the announcement. The availability in Singapore broadens regional access to this scalable infrastructure option.
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Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i instances now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Singapore) region ↗Source published 2026-04-17. 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.