AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon EC2 G7e instances, Amazon Corretto updates, and more (January 26, 2026)

This post is the AWS weekly roundup for January 26, 2026, covering new service launches, updates, and regional expansions.

• •Amazon EC2 G7e instances, powered by NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs, are now generally available, delivering 2.3x better inference performance than G6e and supporting 70B parameter models on a single GPU.
• •Amazon Corretto released quarterly LTS security updates for versions 25.0.2, 21.0.10, 17.0.18, 11.0.30, and 8u482.
• •Amazon ECR now supports cross-repository layer sharing via blob mounting, enabling faster image pushes and reduced storage costs.
• •Amazon CloudWatch Database Insights expanded on-demand analysis to four new regions including Asia Pacific (New Zealand, Taipei, Thailand) and Mexico.
• •Amazon Connect Step-by-Step Guides added conditional logic and automatic real-time data refresh for dynamic agent workflows.