Amazon EC2 P6-B200 Instances Introduce NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs to AWS GovCloud

AWS released P6-B200 EC2 instances with NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs in its GovCloud region to accelerate AI training and inference.

By Maya Bennett · Editorial pseudonym · 2026-05-06 · 1 min read

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Retrospective edition: 2026-05-06. Source published: 2026-05-06. 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 P6-B200 instance type combines eight NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs delivering up to twice the performance of the earlier P5en generation, enhanced GPU memory bandwidth, and the latest Intel Xeon processors. Networking is improved with Elastic Fabric Adapter 4 at up to 3.2 Tbps. These capabilities support scalable AI workloads on Amazon EC2 UltraClusters powered by AWS Nitro System.

This launch extends availability to AWS GovCloud (US-West) alongside other US regions, facilitating secure and compliant AI infrastructure scaling within government-sensitive environments. Performance claims stem from AWS announcements, but independent benchmarking details are not provided.

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Amazon EC2 P6-B200 instances are now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region ↗

Source published 2026-05-06. 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.