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New week? Perfect time to chat about AWS, AWS Silicon Universe and all cloud compute related stuff at AWS. This time from May 15th, 2026 to May 22nd, 2026.
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News
Why this matters from my perspective? It’s very simple: with the recent conflicts in the Middle East region that resulted in several disruptions for AWS Data Centers there; this new Local Zone in Instanbul could be in a very important hub between Europe and Asia.
So, keep an eye on this development.
Articles and Tutorials
We talked a little bit about this in the last week’s issue, but it seems that more people didn’t realize the potential of this new type of instance for analytics work.
Let’s share what one big customer said about it:
“The new Graviton-based Amazon Redshift RG instances delivered 1.8x-2x faster write throughput and up to 2.2x faster read speeds compared to RA3 across a diverse set of batch and analytical jobs, enabling us to process 40% more within the same window. Compressed ETL cycles, accelerated time-to-insight, and decision-making no longer bottlenecked by the pipeline. Together, these translated directly into fresher data reaching our analysts and business teams sooner. What made this even more compelling was a concurrent 30% reduction in compute spend alongside the gains. Delivering more for less is a rare outcome, and one worth highlighting. In a volume-heavy gaming industry at tombola, where query latency and cost compound at scale, this has been one of the more impactful platform decisions we’ve made this year.”
Video of the week
To mark AWS's 20th anniversary, this fireside panel at AWS Summit Sydney 2026 brings together some of Australia and New Zealand's most iconic technology pioneers from Canva, NAB, and Xero for a conversation about the bold bets that shaped their companies, the moments cloud infrastructure changed what was possible, and what comes next in an AI-first world.
Panellists: Cliff Obrecht (Co-Founder & COO, Canva), Steve Day (CTO, NAB), and Sukhinder Singh Cassidy (CEO, Xero). Moderated by Rianne van Veldhuizen, Vice President, AWS.
See you next week.
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