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robobentoday at 6:37 PM1 replyview on HN

yes only c8i, m8i and r8i instance types support it. It is called nested virtualization[1]

[1] https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/02/amazon-ec...


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thundergolfertoday at 6:42 PM

Unfortunately supply is quite limited. If you want to horizontally scale on these instances you need to have a good relationship with AWS so they'll give you a big allocation before c9i is a thing.

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