# 6 TiB of DDR5 Lands in Zurich: EC2 High Memory U7i Arrives!

Hi, it's me, Shiichan! Today I've got news about a new region rollout from AWS!

## What was announced?

According to AWS What's New, Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i-6TB instances (u7i-6tb.112xlarge) are now available in the AWS Europe (Zurich) region. U7i is part of AWS's 7th generation instance lineup, powered by custom 4th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Sapphire Rapids).

## The story so far

U7i-6TB instances were already available in other regions, but Zurich wasn't among them yet. Teams running mission-critical in-memory databases in Switzerland or elsewhere in Europe wanted the latest generation of massive-memory instances, but couldn't get them in their local region.

## What changes

Teams building systems in the Zurich region can now use an instance packed with 6 TiB of DDR5 memory right in their local region. According to AWS, it's a great fit for mission-critical in-memory databases like SAP HANA, Oracle, and SQL Server, making it good news for anyone looking to scale transaction processing throughput in a fast-growing data environment.

## Dive Deep

Here's a look at the U7i-6TB spec sheet:

- Memory: 6 TiB of DDR5
- vCPUs: 448
- Amazon EBS bandwidth: up to 100 Gbps (for fast data loading and backups)
- Network bandwidth: up to 100 Gbps, with ENA Express support
- Price performance: up to 45% better than existing U-1 instances

Instances with this much memory and network bandwidth in one box aren't common, making this a strong option if you want to run a massive in-memory database on a single instance.

## Wrap-up

- Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i-6TB (u7i-6tb.112xlarge) is now available in AWS Europe (Zurich)
- 6 TiB of DDR5 memory, 448 vCPUs, up to 100 Gbps of EBS/network 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

If your team runs huge, mission-critical in-memory databases out of Zurich, this one's worth checking out!