Starting mid-2026, Amazon EC2 R8g instances featuring AWS Graviton4 processors became accessible in new AWS regions including Asia Pacific (Thailand, New Zealand), Africa (Cape Town), Europe (Milan), and Canada West (Calgary). They offer enhanced compute and memory capacity with up to 48xlarge instance sizes and improved networking for demanding workloads.
These instances target memory-intensive applications like databases, caches, and big data analytics, promising significant speed improvements versus Graviton3. Built on AWS Nitro System for security and performance, they support various sizes including bare metal. Independent benchmarks corroborating claimed performance enhancements were not cited.
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Amazon EC2 R8g instances now available in additional regions ↗Source published 2026-06-26. 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.