# 24 TiB of memory: EC2 High Memory finally lands in the Paris region!

Hi, it's Shiichan! Today's news is about AWS's high-spec instances landing in yet another region.

## What was announced?

According to AWS's What's New, Amazon EC2 High Memory U7in-24TB instances (u7in-24tb.224xlarge) are now available in the AWS Europe (Paris) region. U7i instances are part of AWS's 7th generation instance family, powered by custom fourth-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Sapphire Rapids).

## Why it matters

U7in-24TB instances are built for a pretty specialized use case: running mission-critical in-memory databases like SAP HANA, Oracle, and SQL Server. They exist to help you scale transaction processing throughput as your data keeps growing. Databases this large often need to stay within a specific region for regulatory or latency reasons, so expanding regional availability matters a lot in practice.

## What changes

Previously, if you wanted to run a mission-critical in-memory database in the Paris region, you may have had to reach for an instance of this scale from a different region. Now you can keep everything within the Paris region itself. For companies that need to keep data within the EU, this opens up more options on both the latency and compliance fronts.

## Dive Deep

Here's what the U7in-24TB instance packs:

- Memory: 24 TiB of DDR5
- vCPUs: 896
- Network bandwidth: 200 Gbps (with ENA Express support)
- EBS bandwidth: up to 100 Gbps (speeding up data loading and backups)

It also delivers up to 45% better price performance than existing U-1 instances. Check out the [High Memory instances page](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/u7i/) for more details.

## Wrap-up

- Amazon EC2 High Memory U7in-24TB instances (u7in-24tb.224xlarge) are now available in the AWS Europe (Paris) region
- They pack 24 TiB of DDR5 memory, 896 vCPUs, 200 Gbps of network bandwidth, and up to 100 Gbps of EBS bandwidth
- Up to 45% better price performance than existing U-1 instances
- Built for mission-critical in-memory databases like SAP HANA, Oracle, and SQL Server

Great news for infrastructure folks running large mission-critical in-memory databases within the EU!