AWS Expands High Memory U7i EC2 Instances to Europe (Paris) for Enterprise Workloads

The introduction of U7i and U7in High Memory EC2 instances in the Paris region provides up to 16 TiB DDR5 memory for large-scale, mission-critical database workloads.

By Elena Parker · Editorial pseudonym · 2026-05-14 · 1 min read

AI-ASSISTED REPORTING · RETROSPECTIVE ARCHIVE

Retrospective edition: 2026-05-14. Source published: 2026-05-14. 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.

Powered by custom Intel Sapphire Rapids processors, U7i instances deliver up to 896 vCPUs and network bandwidth reaching 200 Gbps on U7in variants, optimized for in-memory applications such as SAP HANA and Oracle databases. They offer significant price-performance improvements over predecessors, suited for massive transaction processing and fast data loading operations.

The U7i-12TB and U7in-16TB instances' deployment in the AWS Europe (Paris) region enhances regional capabilities for customers with demanding data and compute requirements, enabling high throughput and low-latency database hosting in compliance-sensitive environments.

Source & further reading

Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i instances now available in AWS Europe (Paris) region ↗

Source published 2026-05-14. 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.