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Amazon EC2 C8in instances now available in additional regions

Amazon EC2 C8in instances offer up to 384 vCPUs and 600 Gbps network bandwidth, ideal for network-intensive workloads

Amazon EC2 C8in instances are now available in the US East (Ohio) and Europe (Ireland) regions. Powered by custom sixth-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors exclusive to AWS, these instances feature the latest sixth-generation AWS Nitro cards, delivering up to 43% higher performance compared to previous generation C6in instances. C8in instances scale up to 384 vCPUs and deliver 600 Gbps network bandwidth-the highest among enhanced networking EC2 instances-making them ideal for network-intensive workloads such as distributed computing and large-scale data analytics. C8in instances are available in US East (N. Virginia, Ohio), US West (Oregon), Asia Pacific (Tokyo, Sydney, Singapore, Malaysia), and Europe (Spain, Frankfurt, Ireland) regions. They can be provisioned through Savings Plans, On-Demand, and Spot instances. For more information, visit the Amazon EC2 C8i instance page.

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