• Amazon EC2 G7e instances GA, NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs, 2.3× better inference than G6e. • G7e offers up to 8 GPUs, 768GB total GPU memory, supports FP8 precision, ideal for 70B parameter models. • Amazon Corretto quarterly updates released: 25.0.2, 21.0.10, 17.0.18, 11.0.30, 8u482 with security patches. • Amazon ECR now supports cross-repository layer sharing via blob mounting, reducing storage costs and speeding pushes. • New G7e instances available in US East (N. Virginia) and US East (Ohio). • AWS continues expanding GPU and AI inference capabilities, adding regional availability and service enhancements.

Article Summaries:

  • AWS announced several key updates in its January 26, 2026 weekly roundup. The most prominent release is the general availability of Amazon EC2 G7e instances, powered by NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs, offering up to 2.3× faster inference than G6e and supporting up to 8 GPUs with 768 GB of memory-suitable for large‑scale generative AI, spatial and scientific workloads. AWS also rolled out security and performance patches for Amazon Corretto LTS Java releases (25.0.2, 21.0.10, 17.0.18, 11.0.30, 8u482). Additional enhancements include cross‑repository layer sharing in Amazon ECR, expanded CloudWatch Database Insights to four new regions, and conditional logic in Amazon Connect Step‑by‑Step Guides. A free virtual “Best of AWS re:Invent” event is scheduled for January 28‑29.

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