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Region expansion

Amazon EC2 X2idn instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)

Amazon EC2 X2idn instances, powered by 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors and AWS Nitro System, are now available in the Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Region for memory-intensive workloads

Amazon EC2 X2idn instances with memory optimization are now available in the Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) region, featuring third-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and built on the AWS Nitro system for memory-intensive workloads, offering improved performance over previous X1 instances and SAP certification for running SAP Business Suite on HANA, SAP S/4HANA, and other HANA-based workloads.

Why it matters

Users running SAP HANA-based applications can leverage these instances to improve performance and memory efficiency

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