AWS Launches Graviton4-Powered R8gd Instances with Extended Local Storage in Europe

The R8gd EC2 instances, featuring Graviton4 processors and up to 11.4 TB of local NVMe SSD storage, debuted in the European Sovereign Cloud region for high I/O workloads.

By Oliver Grant · Editorial pseudonym · 2026-10-09 · 1 min read

AI-ASSISTED REPORTING · RETROSPECTIVE ARCHIVE

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.

R8gd instances deliver up to 30% better performance than Graviton3-based instances and offer up to 50 Gbps network and 40 Gbps EBS bandwidth. Customizable bandwidth weighting allows users to adjust network and storage bandwidth by 25% for workload tuning.

Available in 12 sizes with Elastic Fabric Adapter support on the largest configurations, the R8gd family is well suited for data-intensive applications requiring low latency storage access in a region meeting European data residency requirements.

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Amazon EC2 R8gd 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.