Posted On: Nov 16, 2023

Starting today, the memory-optimized Amazon EC2 R6a instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Sydney), and Asia Pacific (Tokyo) regions. R6a instances are powered by third-generation AMD EPYC processors, and deliver up to 35% better price performance than comparable R5a instances. These instances offer 10% lower cost than comparable x86-based EC2 instances.

With these additional regions, R6a instances are available in the following AWS Regions: US East (Northern Virginia, Ohio), US West (Oregon, N. California), Asia Pacific (Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo), and Europe (Frankfurt, Ireland). These instances can be purchased as Savings Plans, Reserved, On-Demand, and Spot instances. To get started, visit the AWS Management Console, AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), and AWS SDKs. To learn more, visit the C6a instances, M6a instances, and R6a instances pages.