Amazon EC2 X8i Instances Now Available in AWS São Paulo Region
Amazon EC2 X8i instances, powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, are now available in the South America (São Paulo) region. These SAP-certified instances offer up to 43% higher performance, 1.5x more memory capacity (up to 6TB), and 3.3x more memory bandwidth compared to previous generations. Designed for memory-intensive workloads like SAP HANA, large databases, and data analytics, they deliver significant performance gains across various benchmarks. Customers can purchase X8i instances via Savings Plans, On-Demand, and Spot options, with 14 sizes including bare metal options.
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- Amazon EC2 X8i Instances Available in São Paulo Region
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) X8i instances are now generally available in the South America (São Paulo) region. These instances, exclusive to AWS, are powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors and are SAP-certified, offering up to 6TB of memory and significant performance improvements for memory-intensive workloads.
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/09/ec2-x8i-south-america-sao-paulo/
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