☁️ AWS Daily Digest · June 14, 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-8TB instances deliver 448 vCPUs and support up to 100 Gbps of Amazon EBS bandwidth.
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. Model customization can improve accuracy on domain-specific tasks and enhance performance on new tasks.
5. AWS Nitro Isolation Engine: Formally verifying the hypervisor in the AWS Nitro System
Security · AWS Compute Blog
The AWS Nitro Isolation Engine has been formally verified to secure the hypervisor in the AWS Nitro System, protecting customer data. This matters for millions of customers who use the AWS Nitro System to protect their sensitive workloads. The Nitro System is purpose-built hardware and software that provides the foundation for all modern Amazon EC2 instances.
6. Optimize EC2 costs with AWS Compute Optimizer right sizing
FinOps · AWS Compute Blog
AWS Compute Optimizer provides rightsizing recommendations to optimize EC2 costs, helping customers match instance types and sizes to actual resource demands. This benefits customers who want to reduce costs while maintaining performance and capacity requirements. Compute Optimizer analyzes resource configuration and utilization metrics to provide recommendations.
7. Improve your application resilience with Amazon Cognito multi-Region replication
Security · AWS Blog
Amazon Cognito now offers multi-Region replication to improve application resilience, maintaining consistent user authentication in the event of a regional service interruption. This matters for developers who need to handle user and machine-to-machine authentication. The update also includes support for customer-managed keys for more control over encryption.
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