☁️ AWS Daily Digest · June 13, 2026
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1. Now available: Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd instances powered by new AWS Graviton5 processors
Compute · AWS Blog
Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd instances are now available, powered by new AWS Graviton5 processors. This matters for customers who need improved compute performance, price-performance, and energy efficiency. A key caveat is that these instances have been tested by customers like ClickHouse and Honeycomb, who saw significant performance boosts.
2. Amazon EC2 I7i instances now available in AWS Europe (Paris) Region
Compute · AWS What's New
Amazon EC2 I7i instances are now available in the AWS Europe (Paris) region, offering up to 23% better compute performance and 10% better price performance. This benefits customers who need high-performance storage-optimized instances. The I7i instances are powered by 5th Gen Intel Xeon Processors and 3rd generation AWS Nitro SSDs.
3. Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i-8TB instances now available in AWS Europe (Paris) region
Compute · AWS What's New
Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i-8TB instances are now available in the AWS Europe (Paris) region, offering 8 TiB of DDR5 memory and up to 45% better price performance. This matters for customers who need to scale transaction processing throughput in fast-growing data environments. The U7i instances are powered by custom fourth-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors.
4. SageMaker AI now supports serverless fine-tuning for NVIDIA Nemotron models
AI/ML · AWS What's New
SageMaker AI now supports serverless fine-tuning for NVIDIA Nemotron models, enabling customers to adapt these models to their specific domains and workflows. This benefits customers who need to tailor foundation models with their proprietary data. Serverless customization allows SageMaker AI to handle infrastructure provisioning and training orchestration.
5. Optimize EC2 costs with AWS Compute Optimizer right sizing
FinOps · AWS Compute Blog
AWS Compute Optimizer now offers right sizing recommendations to help customers optimize EC2 costs by matching instance types and sizes to actual resource demands. This matters for customers who want to improve their ROI on EC2 investments. Compute Optimizer analyzes resource configuration and utilization metrics to provide recommendations.
6. Improve your application resilience with Amazon Cognito multi-Region replication
Security · AWS Blog
Amazon Cognito now offers multi-Region replication to improve application resilience in the event of a regional service interruption. This benefits customers who rely on Cognito for user and machine-to-machine authentication. Multi-Region replication helps maintain consistent authentication across regions.
7. AWS Nitro Isolation Engine: Formally verifying the hypervisor in the AWS Nitro System
Security · AWS Compute Blog
The AWS Nitro Isolation Engine provides formal verification of the hypervisor in the AWS Nitro System, enhancing security and data protection for customers. This matters for customers who need to protect their most sensitive workloads. The Nitro System is purpose-built hardware and software that provides a foundation for modern Amazon EC2 instances.
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