AWS News Blog
Introducing AWS API models and publicly available resources for AWS API definitions
AWS now provides daily updates of Smithy API models on GitHub, enabling developers to build custom SDK clients, understand AWS API behaviors, and create developer tools for better AWS service integration.
Announcing up to 45% price reduction for Amazon EC2 NVIDIA GPU-accelerated instances
AWS announces significant price reductions of up to 45 percent for NVIDIA GPU-accelerated EC2 instances, increasing accessibility to these high-demand resources for generative AI workloads amid industry-wide GPU shortages.
Amazon Aurora DSQL, the fastest serverless distributed SQL database is now generally available
Amazon Aurora DSQL is the fastest serverless distributed SQL database with virtually unlimited scale, the highest availability, and zero infrastructure management for always available applications. You can remove the operational burden of patching, upgrades, and maintenance downtime and count on an easy-to-use developer experience to create a new database in a few quick steps.
Join AWS Cloud Infrastructure Day to learn cutting-edge innovations building global cloud infrastructure
AWS Cloud Infrastructure Day, a free virtual event on May 22, 2025, will showcase AWS’s latest innovations in cloud infrastructure, including advances in compute, AI/ML, storage, networking, and serverless technologies, featuring technical sessions and expert speakers from AWS and customer organizations.
New Amazon EC2 P6-B200 instances powered by NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs to accelerate AI innovations
The P6-B200 EC2 instances powered by NVIDIA Blackwell B200 GPUs offer up to twice the performance of previous P5en instances for machine learning and high-performance computing workloads.
Accelerate the transfer of data from an Amazon EBS snapshot to a new EBS volume
Amazon EBS introduces a new Provisioned Rate for Volume Initialization to accelerate data transfer from EBS snapshots to new EBS volumes by specifying a consistent volume initialization rate, improving workflow efficiency and predictability.
In the works – New Availability Zone in Maryland for US East (Northern Virginia) Region
AWS is adding a new Availability Zone in Maryland to the US East (Northern Virginia) Region by 2026, enhancing redundancy and supporting growing AI workloads while maintaining high-bandwidth, low-latency network connections.
AWS Weekly Roundup: Upcoming AWS Summits, Amazon Q Developer, Amazon CloudFront updates, and more (April 21, 2025)
Last week, we had the AWS Summit Amsterdam, one of the global Amazon Web Services (AWS) events that offers you the opportunity to learn from technical and industry leaders, and meet AWS experts and like-minded professionals. In particular, most AWS Summits have Developer and Community Lounges in their exhibition halls. A photo taken by Thembile […]