HPC Cloud Updates WE 15 Feb 2026
Updates to AWS, Azure & GCP in the last week relevant for HPC practitioners. M8azn VMs from AWS, some ideas on observability from Azure and a bunch of VMs made available in new regions in AWS.
AWS
PCS might be the shiny new toy, but Parallel Cluster still has a place and AWS have even put together a blog about it combing it with DataSync.
Scaling life sciences research by deploying AWS ParallelCluster and AWS DataSync | Amazon Web Services
In life sciences research, managing large-scale computational resources and data efficiently is important for success. However, traditional on-premises environments often struggle to meet these requirements effectively. This post demonstrates how JSR Corporation transformed their research infrastructure using AWS ParallelCluster and AWS DataSync, achieving a 33% reduction in CPU usage and 85% in storage requirements. JSR’s […]
Better visibility of the job queue on AWS Batch
AWS Batch now provides Job Queue and Share Utilization Visibility - AWS
Discover more about what’s new at AWS with AWS Batch now provides Job Queue and Share Utilization Visibility
New network optimised 5th gen AMD CPU powered VM instances
Announcing new Amazon EC2 general purpose M8azn instances - AWS
Discover more about what’s new at AWS with Announcing new Amazon EC2 general purpose M8azn instances
New Regional Instances: R8i & flex in New Zealand and UAE, C8i and flex in Paris, Central Canada and California, C8gn in Seoul, Melbourne, Central Canada and Spain
Azure
Yay, someone putting some work in to observability, always something that seems to be sorely lacking in the HPC world.
Google Cloud
Nada this week.
