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EC2 M8gd and R8gd Instances Expand to More AWS Regions

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Amazon EC2 M8gd and R8gd instances powered by Graviton4 processors are now available in additional AWS regions including Europe (Paris, Stockholm, Milan) and Asia Pacific (Mumbai, Osaka, Melbourne, Singapore, Taipei). These instances offer up to 11.4 TB of local NVMe storage and improved performance, making them suitable for applications requiring high-speed, low-latency local storage. Customers can also now adjust network and EBS bandwidth allocation via instance bandwidth weighting.

  • →EC2 M8gd and R8gd instances now available in Europe (Paris) and Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
  • →EC2 R8gd instances expand to additional European and Asia Pacific regions
  • →Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) networking available on select R8gd/M8gd sizes
  • →New Graviton4-based instances offer up to 30% better performance and high-speed local storage
  • →Instance bandwidth flexibility with EC2 instance bandwidth weighting
Features (3) ›
  • EC2 M8gd and R8gd instances now available in Europe (Paris) and Asia Pacific (Mumbai)

    Amazon EC2 M8gd and R8gd instances featuring AWS Graviton4 processors and local NVMe storage have expanded availability to the Europe (Paris) and Asia Pacific (Mumbai) regions.

  • EC2 R8gd instances expand to additional European and Asia Pacific regions

    EC2 R8gd instances are now also available in Europe (Stockholm, Milan) and Asia Pacific (Osaka, Melbourne, Singapore, Taipei) regions, providing broader access to this instance type.

  • Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) networking available on select R8gd/M8gd sizes

    Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) networking is now offered on the 24xlarge, 48xlarge, metal-24xl, and metal-48xl sizes of these instances.

Enhancements (2) ›
  • New Graviton4-based instances offer up to 30% better performance and high-speed local storage

    These instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors, delivering up to 30% better performance than Graviton3-based instances. They include up to 11.4 TB of local NVMe-based SSD storage and are designed for applications needing high-speed, low-latency local storage.

  • Instance bandwidth flexibility with EC2 instance bandwidth weighting

    Customers can now adjust network and Amazon EBS bandwidth by 25% using EC2 instance bandwidth weighting configuration. This provides greater flexibility in allocating bandwidth resources to optimize workloads.

Read the original announcement →

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/07/amazon-ec2-m8gd-r8gd-aws-regions/

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