HPC Cloud Updates WE 27 Jul 2025

AWS

ElasticCache now supports Valkey 8.1

Amazon ElastiCache now supports Valkey 8.1 - AWS

Discover more about what’s new at AWS with Amazon ElastiCache now supports Valkey 8.1

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Kill your machine a little faster to save money by skipping a orderly shut down of the OS

Amazon EC2 now supports skipping the operating system shutdown when stopping or terminating instances - AWS

Discover more about what’s new at AWS with Amazon EC2 now supports skipping the operating system shutdown when stopping or terminating instances

Amazon Web Services, Inc.

New Instances: c7i in Jakarta, m8g and r8g in Hong Kong, x8g in Ohio, c6in in Calgary, c7gd in Seoul and Paris

Azure

Want to get in on the fun with AI and feel like you’re missing out? Well Microsoft have a guide on how to use Copilot (of course) to submit jobs to Cycle Cloud Workspace for Slurm (naturally) via Open OnDemand.

Creating a Slurm Job Submission App in Open OnDemand with Copilot Agent | Microsoft Community Hub

High Performance Computing (HPC) environments are essential for research, engineering, and data-intensive workloads. To efficiently manage compute resources…

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Making CISO happy for cloud HPC just got a little bit easier. Azure Lustre now supports encryption of data on the wire

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Google Cloud

Cluster Director gets a prettier UI and Slurm integration and (my favourite) some observability!

Managed Slurm and other Cluster Director enhancements | Google Cloud Blog

Cluster Director automates AI and HPC cluster setup with Google Cloud compute and networking, into a performant, and easy to manage environment.

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