Amazon EC2 changelog 2025
229 announcements, 2025
All Amazon EC2 changes · 433 announcements since January 2025 · 8 GA · 67 Region expansions
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December 202532
Amazon EC2 now supports Availability Zone ID across several EC2 APIs
Amazon EC2 C8a instances now available in the Europe (Spain) region
Amazon ECS Managed Instances now supports Amazon EC2 Spot Instances
Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances are now available in additional AWS regions
Amazon EC2 C8g, M8g, R8g instances now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 M8g instances now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances are now available in the Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region
Amazon EC2 R8g instances now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 M8i instances are now available in additional Regions
Amazon EC2 M8i-flex instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region
Amazon EC2 M7a instances are now available in the Europe (London) Region
Amazon EC2 X2iedn instances now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) region
Amazon EC2 X2iedn instances now available in AWS Europe (Zurich) region
Amazon EC2 C7i instances are now available in the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region
Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i instances now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 I7i instances now available in additional AWS regions
Amazon EC2 X8g instances now available in Asia Pacific (Sydney) region
Amazon EC2 C8gn instances are now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 X8g instances now available in Europe (Stockholm) region
Announcing new Amazon EC2 M9g instances powered by AWS Graviton5 processors (Preview)
Announcing Amazon EC2 General purpose M8azn instances (Preview)
Amazon EC2 P6e-GB300 UltraServers accelerated by NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 are now generally available
Announcing Amazon EC2 Memory optimized X8i instances (Preview)
Announcing Amazon EC2 Trn3 UltraServers for faster, lower-cost generative AI training
November 202533
EC2 Image Builder now supports auto-versioning and enhances Infrastructure as Code experience
Amazon EC2 Fleet adds new encryption attribute for instance type selection
Announcing flexible AMI distribution capabilities for EC2 Image Builder
Amazon CloudWatch Introduces In-Console Agent Management on EC2
AWS announces availability of Microsoft SQL Server 2025 images on Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2 C7i instances are now available in the Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region
Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i instances now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 introduces AMI ancestry for complete AMI lineage visibility
Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances are now available in additional AWS regions
Amazon EC2 M7i instances are now available in the Europe (Zurich) Region
Amazon EC2 P6-B300 instances with NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs are now available
Amazon EC2 I7ie instances now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region
Amazon EC2 I7i instances now available in additional AWS regions
Amazon EC2 reduces costs for Microsoft SQL Server High-Availability deployments
Amazon EC2 M8i and M8i-flex instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region
Announcing EC2 Image Builder support for Lambda and Step functions
Amazon EC2 I7i instances now available in additional AWS regions
Amazon EC2 I8g instances now available in additional AWS regions
Amazon EC2 G6f instances are now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 I8g instances now available in additional AWS regions
Amazon EC2 F2 instances are now generally available in four additional AWS regions
New AWS CUR 2.0 features: EC2 ODCR and Capacity Blocks for ML monitoring
Amazon EC2 C6id and R6id instances are now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 C8gd, M8gd, and R8gd instances are now available in additional AWS Regions
Amazon EC2 I7i instances now available in additional AWS regions
Amazon EC2 M8a Instances now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 C7i-flex instances are now available in the Middle East (UAE) Region
Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i instances now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
October 202530
Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i instances are now available in AWS Europe (London) Region
Amazon EC2 I7i instances now available in additional AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon EC2 Im4gn instances now available in AWS Europe (Milan) Region
Amazon EC2 I7ie instances now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Region
Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances are now available in Europe (London)
Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances are now available in Africa (Cape Town) region
New Amazon CloudWatch metrics to monitor EC2 instances exceeding I/O performance
Amazon EC2 I8g instances now available in additional AWS regions
Amazon EC2 C7i-flex instances are now available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region
Amazon EC2 C8g instances now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 C8gn instances are now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 now supports Optimize CPUs for license-included instances
Amazon EC2 R8g instances now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 M7i instances are now available in the Europe (Milan) Region
Amazon EC2 M8g instances now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i instances now available in Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region
Amazon EC2 I7i instances now available in AWS Europe (Spain) region
Amazon EC2 C6in instances are now available in Mexico (Central) Region
Amazon EC2 M6in and M6idn instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Seoul) Region
Amazon EC2 I7ie instances now available in AWS South America (São Paulo)
Amazon EC2 M8gd instances are now available in additional AWS Regions
Amazon EC2 R8gd instances are now available in additional AWS Regions
Amazon EC2 C7gd instances are now available in additional AWS Regions
Amazon EC2 C8gd instances are now available in additional AWS Regions
Amazon EC2 Im4gn instances now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai) region
EC2 Image Builder now provides enhanced capabilities for managing image pipelines
Amazon EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint now supports IPv6 connectivity
September 202515
Amazon EC2 I7i instances now available in AWS Europe (Milan) and AWS US West (N. California)
Amazon EC2 C8gn instances are now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 Allowed AMIs setting adds new parameters for enhanced AMI governance
Amazon EC2 I8ge instances now available in AWS Europe (Frankfurt)
Amazon EC2 I7i instances now available in South America (São Paulo), Canada West (Calgary) regions
Amazon EC2 supports detailed performance stats on all NVMe local volumes
Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances are now available in additional regions
Announcing general availability of Amazon EC2 M4 and M4 Pro Mac instances
Amazon EC2 C6in instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Thailand)
Amazon EC2 I8g instances now available in AWS US East (Ohio) region
Amazon EC2 R8g instances now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 announces AMI Usage to better monitor the use of AMIs
August 202510
Amazon EC2 Mac Dedicated hosts now support Host Recovery and Reboot-based host maintenance
Amazon EC2 C8gn instances are now available in US West (N. California)
Amazon EC2 C7i instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region
Amazon EC2 G6 instances are now available in Middle East (UAE) Region
Amazon EC2 R7g instances now available in Africa (Cape Town)
Amazon EC2 I7i instances now available in additional AWS regions
Amazon EC2 R8g instances now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
Amazon EC2 R8g instances now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
July 20252
June 202522
Amazon EC2 C7i instances are now available in the Middle East (UAE) Region
Amazon EC2 I7ie instances are now available in additional AWS regions
Amazon EC2 C7g instances are now available in the AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) Region
Amazon EC2 R7g instances are now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) region
Amazon EC2 C7i-flex and C7i instances are now available in 2 additional regions
Amazon EC2 M7i-flex and M7i instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Region
Amazon EC2 C8g instances now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 I7ie instances now available in AWS Europe (Spain) region
Amazon EC2 C7gd instances are now available in additional AWS Regions
One Year EC2 Instance Savings Plans are now available for P5 and P5en instances
Amazon EC2 M8g instances now available in AWS South America (São Paulo)
Amazon EC2 M7g instances are now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 M7i-flex 12xlarge and 16xlarge instances are now available in AWS Europe (London) Region
Amazon EC2 I8g instances now available in AWS Europe (Ireland) region
Amazon EC2 now enables you to delete underlying EBS snapshots when deregistering AMIs
Pricing and usage model updates for Amazon EC2 instances accelerated by NVIDIA GPUs
Amazon EC2 C7a instances are now available in AWS Europe (London) Region
Amazon EC2 M7g instances are now available in AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region
Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i instances are now available in Europe (Frankfurt) Region
Amazon EC2 I4i instances now available in AWS Europe (Spain) region
May 202517
Amazon EC2 C8gd, M8gd, and R8gd instances are now available Europe (Spain) and Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
AWS Backup enhances Amazon EC2 restores with custom volume configuration support
Amazon EC2 Mac instances now support configurable System Integrity Protection (SIP) settings
Amazon EC2 High Memory instances now available in US East (Ohio) region
Announcing customer-initiated reboot migrations for EC2 Scheduled Events
Amazon EC2 P6-B200 instances powered by NVIDIA B200 GPUs now generally available
Amazon EC2 makes it easier to launch Windows instances with EC2 Fast Launch
AWS EC2 instances now support ENA queue allocation for your network interfaces
Amazon EC2 X2idn instances now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) region
Amazon EC2 C8gd, M8gd, and R8gd instances are now available in AWS Region Europe (Frankfurt)
Amazon EC2 R7g instances are now available in additional AWS regions
Amazon EC2 R7g instances are now available in AWS GovCloud (US-East)
Amazon EC2 X2idn instances now available in AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) Region
Amazon EC2 P5en instances are now available in the AWS US West (N. California) Region
Amazon EC2 Flex larger instance sizes are now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Seoul) Region
April 202521
Amazon EC2 High Memory instances now available in US East (Ohio) Region
Introducing Amazon EC2 I7i high performance Storage Optimized instances
Amazon EC2 I4g instances are now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region
Amazon EC2 M8g instances now available in AWS US West (N. California) Region
Amazon EC2 C7gd instances are now available in additional AWS Regions
Amazon EC2 R7gd instances are now available in additional AWS Regions
Amazon EC2 C6id instances are now available in AWS Europe (Paris) region
Amazon EC2 C8g instances now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 M8g instances now available in additional AWS regions
Amazon EC2 I7ie instances now available in AWS Europe (Ireland) region
Amazon EC2 M7i-flex instances now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region
Amazon EC2 I4g instances are now available in South America (Sao Paulo) region
AWS Compute Optimizer now supports 57 new Amazon EC2 instance types
Introducing two new Amazon EC2 I7ie bare metal instances sizes
Amazon EC2 M6id instances are now available in US West (N. California) region
Amazon EC2 R6id instances are now available in Europe (Spain) region
Amazon EC2 C6in instances are now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region
Amazon EC2 M8g instances now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai) and AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
Amazon EC2 M7i and R7i instances now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region
March 202517
Amazon EC2 R8g instances now available in AWS GovCloud (US-West)
Amazon EC2 now supports more bandwidth and jumbo frames to select destinations
Amazon EC2 C8g instances now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
Amazon EC2 R8g instances now available in AWS US West (N. California)
Amazon EC2 P5en instances are now available in US East (N. Virginia) and Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
Amazon EC2 M7g instances are now available in AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) Region
Amazon EC2 C7g instances are now available in AWS Canada West (Calgary) Region
Amazon EC2 R7g instances are now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region
Amazon EC2 M7gd instances are now available in Middle East (UAE) Region
Amazon EC2 C7i-flex and M7i-flex instances are now available in additional AWS Regions
Introducing Amazon EC2 I8g.48xlarge instances in US East (N. Virginia) and US West (Oregon) regions
Amazon EC2 R7i instances are now available in an additional AWS region
Amazon EC2 M7a instances are now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region
Amazon EC2 M8g instances now available in AWS Europe (Ireland)
Amazon EC2 C8g instances now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
February 202517
Amazon EC2 Fleet added support for Block Device Mapping overrides
Amazon EC2 F2 instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Sydney)
Amazon EC2 M6a instances now available in AWS Europe (Paris)
Amazon EC2 High Memory instances now available in Europe (Zurich) region
Amazon EC2 C7gd instances are now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region
Amazon EC2 C7g instances are now available in the AWS Europe (Zurich) Region
Introducing Amazon EC2 C6in instances in Chicago and New York City Local Zones
Amazon EC2 M7g instances are now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 M8g instances now available in AWS Europe (London)
Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i instances are now available in Seoul (Asia Pacific) Region
Amazon EC2 M6in and M6idn instances are now available in Europe (Zurich)
Announcing the general availability of Amazon EC2 F2.6xlarge, a new F2 instance size
Amazon EC2 C6in instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
Amazon EC2 now supports automated recovery of Microsoft SQL Server with VSS
January 202513
Amazon EC2 M7g instances are now available in the AWS Middle East (UAE)
Amazon EC2 C8g instances now available in AWS Europe (Stockholm)
Amazon ElastiCache now supports 1-click connectivity setup between EC2 and your cache
Amazon EC2 I8g instances are now available in Europe (Frankfurt) region
Amazon EC2 R8g instances now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 C7i-flex instances are now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region
Amazon EC2 M8g instances now available in AWS Europe (Stockholm)
EC2 Image Builder simplifies converting Windows ISO files to AMIs
Amazon EC2 C8g instances now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 C7i instances now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region