AWS launched EC2 I7ie instances in the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region featuring 5th Generation Intel Xeon processors delivering up to 40% better compute performance and 20% better price performance than the I3en instances. These general purpose storage-optimized instances provide up to 120 TB local NVMe storage and offer double the vCPU and memory configurations compared to predecessors. The use of 3rd generation AWS Nitro SSDs contributes to up to 65% better real-time storage performance and reduced I/O latency.
Capabilities include 9 virtual instance sizes, supporting up to 100 Gbps network and 60 Gbps EBS bandwidth. These instances are designed for workloads requiring fast, consistent local storage access and high random I/O throughput with low latency. AWS documentation emphasizes improvements but independent benchmark verification has not been published.
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Amazon EC2 I7ie instances now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region ↗Source published 2026-07-10. 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.