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Amazon EC2 C7i Instances Expand to New Regions

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Amazon EC2 C7i instances, featuring custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, are now available in Europe (Milan) and Canada West (Calgary) regions. These instances offer up to 15% better performance and price-performance compared to previous generations and other cloud providers' offerings, making them suitable for compute-intensive workloads. Larger instance sizes and bare metal options with Intel accelerators are included.

  • →EC2 C7i instances now in Milan and Calgary regions
  • →Larger instance sizes and bare metal options with accelerators
  • →Improved performance and price-performance for C7i instances
Features (2) ›
  • EC2 C7i instances now in Milan and Calgary regions

    Amazon EC2 C7i instances, powered by custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, have expanded their availability to the Europe (Milan) and Canada West (Calgary) regions. These instances are designed for compute-intensive workloads and offer improved performance and price-performance.

  • Larger instance sizes and bare metal options with accelerators

    C7i instances now include larger instance sizes up to 48xlarge and two bare metal sizes (metal-24xl, metal-48xl). These bare-metal options incorporate built-in Intel accelerators for data operations and performance optimization.

Enhancements (1) ›
  • Improved performance and price-performance for C7i instances

    The C7i instances offer up to 15% better performance over comparable x86-based Intel processors used by other cloud providers and up to 15% better price-performance than C6i instances. They are well-suited for workloads like batch processing, distributed analytics, ad-serving, and video encoding.

Read the original announcement →

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

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