AWS Expands Graviton4-Based R8g Instances for Memory-Intensive Workloads in Europe

The R8g instance family powered by Graviton4 CPUs became available in AWS's European Sovereign Cloud, offering notable gains in memory and CPU performance for demanding applications.

By Elena Parker · 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 30% faster performance compared to the previous Graviton3 generation, with improvements particularly impactful for databases, in-memory caches, and real-time analytics. Instance sizes now scale up to 48xlarge with up to 1.5 TB of memory.

Built on the Nitro System with enhanced networking and storage bandwidth, R8g instances provide robust, energy-efficient solutions optimized for large-scale, memory-heavy workloads requiring secure European infrastructure compliance.

Source & further reading

Amazon EC2 R8g instances 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.