AWS Broadens Reach of Graviton5-Powered EC2 Instances with Enhanced Security Features

AWS introduced C9g, C9gd, M9g, and M9gd EC2 instances powered by Graviton5 processors in multiple new regions, providing improved compute performance and novel security isolation.

By Sofia Reed · Editorial pseudonym · 2026-10-09 · 1 min read

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Retrospective edition: 2026-10-09. Source published: 2026-10-09. 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.

These instances deliver up to 25% better compute performance than the previous Graviton4 generation, with specific workload speedups observed in databases, web applications, and machine learning. The new Nitro Isolation Engine offers mathematically verified isolation between customer workloads and AWS operators for improved security.

Designed for high-performance computing, real-time analytics, and agentic AI tasks, instances with local NVMe SSD storage (C9gd and M9gd) provide low latency for scratch and cache operations. The availability spans Asia Pacific and Europe, supporting diverse purchase models.

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Amazon EC2 C9g, C9gd, M9g, and M9gd instances are now available in additional regions ↗

Source published 2026-10-09. 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.