☁️ AWS Daily Digest · July 11, 2026
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1. Amazon EC2 network/EBS instances now available in additional regions
Compute · AWS What's New
Amazon EC2 R8in, R8ib, R8idn, and R8idb instances are now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Tokyo) and Europe (Frankfurt, Ireland) regions. These instances benefit customers with high-performance computing workloads, such as real-time big data analytics and distributed web scale in-memory caches. They deliver up to 43% better compute performance per vCPU compared to previous generation instances.
2. Amazon EC2 G7 instances are now available in the AWS US East (N. Virginia) Region
Compute · AWS What's New
Amazon EC2 G7 instances are now available in the AWS US East (N. Virginia) Region, powered by NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs. These instances benefit customers with AI, graphics, and data analytics workloads, delivering up to 4.6x AI inference performance and up to 2.1x graphics performance compared to G6 instances.
3. Amazon EC2 C9g and C9gd instances powered by AWS Graviton5 processors are now available
Compute · AWS Blog
Amazon EC2 C9g and C9gd instances powered by AWS Graviton5 processors are now available, delivering up to 25% higher performance per vCPU compared to previous-generation C8g instances. These instances benefit customers with compute-intensive workloads, such as real-time analytics, batch processing, and CPU-based machine learning inference.
4. Announcing Lambda MicroVMs: serverless compute environments with VM-level isolation and near-instant startup
Compute · AWS Compute Blog
AWS Lambda MicroVMs provide serverless compute environments with VM-level isolation and near-instant startup, benefiting customers who need secure and fast execution environments for just-in-time code. This new serverless compute primitive is powered by Firecracker virtualization and can be used to build data analytics applications, AI sandboxes, and interactive development environments.
5. Amazon EMR on EKS now supports Apache Spark troubleshooting agent
AI/ML · AWS What's New
Amazon EMR on EKS now supports the Apache Spark troubleshooting agent, which benefits data engineers by providing automated root cause analysis and PySpark code recommendations for EMR on EKS job failures. The agent analyzes Spark History Server data, distributed executor logs, and cluster configurations to identify issues.
6. Automate public TLS certificate issuance with ACME support in AWS Certificate Manager
Security · AWS Blog
AWS Certificate Manager now supports Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME) for automating public TLS certificate issuance, benefiting customers who need to manage TLS certificates for their applications. This automation helps prevent certificate expiration errors and service downtime.
7. Uncover new performance insights using Amazon detailed performance statistics on Windows
Compute · AWS Compute Blog
Amazon EC2 Instance Store and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) now provide detailed performance statistics for real-time monitoring on Windows, benefiting customers who need visibility into key performance metrics. These new metrics provide sub-minute granularity and real-time visibility into storage volume performance.
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