Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances are now available in additional regions

Amazon EC2 ยท 2026-09-25

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Technical Details

Regions AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany)
Cost Impact Neutral
IaC Impact High

What This Means

For DevOps Teams

Update your infrastructure-as-code templates to include R8i and R8i-flex instances for memory-intensive workloads, taking advantage of their superior performance and price-performance to optimize resource utilization and reduce costs.

For Platform Teams

Adopt R8i instances for your platform architecture to leverage their exceptional performance for SAP workloads, achieving 142,100 aSAPS and enabling high-performance, mission-critical applications.

For Executives

Evaluate deploying R8i instances for mission-critical workloads to achieve up to 15% better price-performance and significant speed improvements for databases, web applications, and AI models, enhancing competitive positioning and operational efficiency.

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