HPC Cloud Updates WE 16 Mar 2025

Updates to AWS, Azure & GCP in the last week relevant for HPC practitioners. Try before you buy HPC, AWS Batch with multiple containers. Yes have those in here.

HPC Cloud Updates WE 16 Mar 2025

AWS

I didn’t even know its possible to do this, so was quite an interesting read. Running multiple containers as part of your AWS Batch

Adding functionality to your applications using multiple containers in AWS Batch | Amazon Web Services
Discover how to coordinate multiple applications in separate containers within a single AWS Batch job definition. Learn the benefits of this approach and how to share resources between containers for more efficient, scalable deployments.

Want to monitor which AMIs your HPC clusters start with? You can do it using AWS Config too now using Allowed AMIs underneath. I hate to admit it… but I’m started to pronounce that ‘amee’ now. This is all Brendan’s fault!

Amazon EC2 Allowed AMIs now integrates with AWS Config - AWS
Discover more about what’s new at AWS with Amazon EC2 Allowed AMIs now integrates with AWS Config

New EC2 instance types: i8g.48xlarge in US East & West, r7 in Osaka, g6e in Seoul 

Introducing Amazon EC2 I8g.48xlarge instances in US East (N. Virginia) and US West (Oregon) regions - AWS
Discover more about what’s new at AWS with 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 - AWS
Discover more about what’s new at AWS with Amazon EC2 R7i instances are now available in an additional AWS region

Azure

Try before you buy? In HPC? Ok I admit this sounds nice, but at least in the FSI space, or really I guess anyone that runs custom code how this would work?

Experience Next-Gen HPC Innovation: AMD Lab Empowers ‘Try Before You Buy’ on Azure | Microsoft Community Hub
In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, High-Performance Computing (HPC) is a critical engine powering innovation across industries—from automotive and…

Google Cloud

Nothing to see here folks.