AWS Weekly Roundup: Kiro CLI latest features, AWS European Sovereign Cloud, EC2 X8i instances, and more (January 19, 2026)

This post is a weekly AWS roundup covering major launches and announcements from the week of January 19, 2026.

• •Kiro CLI added granular web fetch URL controls via allowlists/blocklists, keyboard shortcuts for custom agents, and enhanced diff views
• •AWS European Sovereign Cloud reached general availability, designed to meet stringent European data sovereignty requirements
• •Amazon EC2 X8i instances became generally available, powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors at 3.9 GHz sustained all-core turbo, SAP certified
• •Amazon Quick Suite, an agentic AI productivity tool, was highlighted for answering work questions and turning insights into actions
• •Amazon Bedrock AgentCore now supports AI agent deployment via GitHub Actions for full CI/CD automation with enterprise-level security