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Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML Now Available in AWS GovCloud Regions

Customers in AWS GovCloud can reserve GPU capacity in advance for machine learning workloads via EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML.

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Retrospective edition: 2026-06-12. Source published: 2026-06-12. 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.

This service enables locking in GPU instance clusters from one to 64 units, reservable up to eight weeks ahead for durations up to six months. It supports P6-B200 and P6-B300 instance types, delivering low-latency, high-throughput connectivity through UltraClusters for ML tasks such as pre-training or inference surges.

Capacity Blocks can be shared across accounts using AWS Resource Access Manager, optimizing reserved capacity usage across organizational workloads. This offering addresses compliance-heavy sectors needing reliable GPU resource availability in GovCloud.

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Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions ↗

Source published 2026-06-12. 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.