Amazon Redshift RG Instances Powered by AWS Graviton Expand to New Regions

New Graviton-powered Redshift RG instances provide improved price-performance and reduced costs in Cape Town, Bangkok, and Mexico Central.

By Diana Quinn · Editorial pseudonym · 2026-06-16 · 1 min read

AI-ASSISTED REPORTING · RETROSPECTIVE ARCHIVE

Retrospective edition: 2026-06-16. Source published: 2026-06-16. 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.

Amazon Redshift’s RG instances, using AWS Graviton processors, deliver up to 4.2 times better price-performance and 2.4 times faster operation compared to prior generation. Newly available in three additional regions, these instances suit various workloads from development to production warehousing.

Feature enhancements include incremental manual snapshots billed by unique data blocks and elimination of Redshift Spectrum scanning charges, reducing overall cost of S3 data querying. Customers can upgrade existing RA3 nodes to RG nodes seamlessly, improving performance and cost efficiency without architectural changes.

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Amazon Redshift RG instances powered by AWS Graviton now available in additional regions ↗

Source published 2026-06-16. 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.