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EC2 C7i-flex instances now available in Europe (Milan) region

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Amazon EC2 C7i-flex instances, powered by custom Intel Sapphire Rapids processors, are now available in the Europe (Milan) region. These instances offer up to 15% better performance than comparable Intel processors on other clouds and up to 19% better price-performance than C6i instances, making them ideal for compute-intensive workloads that don't fully utilize all resources. They are suitable for web servers, databases, caches, and distributed systems like Kafka and Elasticsearch.

  • →EC2 C7i-flex instances launched in Europe (Milan)
  • →Supported workloads and instance sizes
  • →Performance and price-performance benefits
Features (2) ›
  • EC2 C7i-flex instances launched in Europe (Milan)

    Amazon EC2 C7i-flex instances, featuring custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, are now available in the Europe (Milan) region. These instances provide improved performance and price-performance for various compute-intensive workloads.

  • Supported workloads and instance sizes

    C7i-flex instances are available in common sizes from large to 16xlarge. They are well-suited for running web and application servers, databases, caches, Apache Kafka, and Elasticsearch.

Notes (1) ›
  • Performance and price-performance benefits

    These instances offer up to 15% better performance than comparable x86-based Intel processors used by other cloud providers and up to 19% better price-performance compared to C6i instances. They are designed for applications that may not fully utilize all compute resources.

Read the original announcement →

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/07/amazon-ec2-c7i-flex-instances-MXP-region/

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