HPC Cloud Updates WE 08 Feb 2026
Updates to AWS, Azure & GCP in the last week relevant for HPC practitioners. Disk optimised Intel Xeon 6 VMs from AWS and a new region coming in Thailand from Azure
AWS
New disk optimised versions of VMs based on Intel’s latest Xeon 6 CPUs
Introducing Amazon EC2 C8id, M8id, and R8id instances - AWS
Discover more about what’s new at AWS with Introducing Amazon EC2 C8id, M8id, and R8id instances
New Regional Instances: G6e in UAE, G7e in Oregon
Azure
New region coming in Thailand
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