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Amazon EC2 M8id Instances Available in Europe (Ireland)

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Amazon EC2 M8id instances, powered by Intel Xeon 6 processors, are now available in the Europe (Ireland) region. These instances offer significant performance and memory bandwidth improvements over the previous generation, making them suitable for demanding workloads like databases and real-time analytics. They also include flexible bandwidth allocation and are available through various purchasing options.

  • →M8id instances now available in Europe (Ireland)
  • →Flexible Instance Bandwidth Configuration
  • →Enhanced performance for I/O intensive workloads
  • →Instance specifications and use cases
Features (2) ›
  • M8id instances now available in Europe (Ireland)

    Amazon EC2 M8id instances are now available in the Europe (Ireland) region. These instances offer up to 43% higher performance and 3.3x more memory bandwidth than previous generation M6id instances.

  • Flexible Instance Bandwidth Configuration

    These instances support Instance Bandwidth Configuration, allowing for 25% flexible allocation between network and EBS bandwidth to optimize resources for specific workloads.

Enhancements (1) ›
  • Enhanced performance for I/O intensive workloads

    M8id instances provide up to 46% higher performance for I/O intensive database workloads and up to 30% faster query results for I/O intensive real-time data analytics compared to previous sixth-generation instances.

Notes (1) ›
  • Instance specifications and use cases

    M8id instances feature up to 384 vCPUs, 1.5TiB of memory, and 22.8TB of NVMe SSD storage. They are well-suited for balanced workloads including application servers, microservices, enterprise applications, and small to medium databases.

Read the original announcement →

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/07/amazon-ec2-m8id-europe-ireland/

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