AWS Brings Beefy EC2 X8i Instances to São Paulo

Amazon EC2 X8i instances are now live in the South America (São Paulo) region, packing custom Intel Xeon 6 processors with up to 6TB memory and 3.3x better bandwidth than the previous X2i generation. These SAP-certified powerhouses crush memory-intensive workloads like SAP HANA, PostgreSQL databases, and AI inference—delivering 50% higher SAPS performance and 88% faster Memcached compared to X2i.