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Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances are now available in additional regions

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C8i and C8i‑flex instances are now available in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) region.
Powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, they deliver up to 15% better price‑performance and up to 20% higher performance versus C7i, with notable gains for NGINX, AI recommendation models, and Memcached workloads.
Offered in a wide range of sizes (large to 16xlarge, plus 96xlarge and bare‑metal options) and purchasable via Savings Plans, On‑Demand, or Spot.

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