Amazon Redshift RG instances powered by AWS Graviton now available in additional regions
Amazon Redshift is expanding the general availability of RG instances — powered by AWS Graviton processors — to three additional AWS Regions: Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Bangkok), and Mexico (Central). Amazon Redshift's new Graviton-based RG instances deliver up to 4.2X better price-performance for data warehouse workloads compared to other data warehouses , run workloads up to 2.4x faster than previous-generation RA3 instances, and cost 30% less per vCPU. Customers in Cape Town (af-south-1), Bangkok (ap-southeast-7), and Mexico Central (mx-central-1) can provision rg.xlarge and rg.4xlar
AWS is expanding its Graviton-based offerings globally to meet increasing demand for more efficient data warehouse solutions and to penetrate new and emerging markets.
This move enhances data processing capabilities and cost-efficiency for businesses in specific developing regions, potentially accelerating their digital transformation and cloud adoption.
Customers in Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Bangkok), and Mexico (Central) now have access to significantly more cost-effective and faster Amazon Redshift instances.
- · AWS
- · Businesses in Cape Town, Bangkok, Mexico City
- · Data warehousing sector
- · Graviton processor ecosystem
- · Legacy data warehouse providers
- · Other cloud providers with higher cost-performance ratios
Increased adoption of Amazon Redshift in the newly supported regions due to superior price-performance.
Accelerated digital infrastructure development and data-driven decision making within these emerging markets.
Potential for enhanced local innovation and economic growth as access to advanced, affordable compute becomes more pervasive.
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