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Amazon EC2 I8g instances now available in AWS Europe (Paris), Asia Pacific (Jakarta) regions

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Based on AWS What's New · Aug 04, 2026

AWS has launched Amazon EC2 Storage Optimized I8g instances in Europe (Paris) and Asia Pacific (Jakarta) regions, featuring AWS Graviton4 processors and enhanced storage performance for I/O-intensive workloads.

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AWS announces the general availability of Amazon EC2 Storage Optimized I8g instances in AWS Europe (Paris) and Asia Pacific (Jakarta) regions.
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I8g instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors and offer the best compute performance in Amazon EC2 for storage-intensive workloads.
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These instances are built on the AWS Nitro System, which offloads CPU virtualization, storage, and networking functions to dedicated hardware and software enhancing the performance and security for your workloads.
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\nAmazon EC2 I8g instances are designed for I/O intensive workloads that require rapid data access and real-time latency from storage.
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These instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors and are designed for storage-intensive workloads, offering up to 65% better real-time storage performance per terabyte compared to I4g instances.
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The instances leverage third-generation AWS Nitro SSDs with local NVMe storage, reducing storage I/O latency by up to 50% and variability by up to 60%.
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5 TiB of memory and 45 TB of local instance storage.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made Amazon EC2 Storage Optimized I8g instances generally available in the Europe (Paris) and Asia Pacific (Jakarta) regions. These instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors and are designed for storage-intensive workloads, offering up to 65% better real-time storage performance per terabyte compared to I4g instances. The instances leverage third-generation AWS Nitro SSDs with local NVMe storage, reducing storage I/O latency by up to 50% and variability by up to 60%.

AWS states that I8g instances are optimized for I/O-intensive workloads requiring rapid data access and low latency, including transactional databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and HBase, as well as NoSQL solutions like Aerospike, MongoDB, ClickHouse, and Apache Druid. The instances also support real-time analytics platforms such as Apache Spark, data lakehouses, and AI large language model preprocessing for training.

The I8g instances are available in eleven configurations, including two bare metal sizes, offering up to 1.5 TiB of memory and 45 TB of local instance storage. They provide up to 100 Gbps of network bandwidth and 60 Gbps of dedicated bandwidth for Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), enhancing performance for demanding workloads.

Organizations can access I8g instances through the AWS Management Console, AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), and AWS SDKs. Additional resources, including details on AWS Graviton processors and instance specifications, are available on the provided AWS documentation pages.

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