"AWS has quietly raised prices on its EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML by approximately 15 percent. The p5e.48xlarge instance - eight NVIDIA H200 accelerators in a trenchcoat - jumped from $34.61 to $39.80 per hour across most regions, while the p5en.48xlarge climbed from $36.18 to $41.61. Customers in US West (N. California) face steeper hikes, with p5e rates rising from $43.26 to $49.75."
"For the uninitiated, Capacity Blocks are AWS's answer to "I need guaranteed GPU capacity for my ML training job next Tuesday." You reserve specific GPU instances for a defined time window - anywhere from a day to a few weeks out - and pay up front at a locked-in rate. It's popular with companies doing serious ML work who can't afford to have a training run interrupted because spot capacity evaporated."
AWS raised prices on EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML by approximately 15 percent across most regions. The p5e.48xlarge instance increased from $34.61 to $39.80 per hour, while the p5en.48xlarge rose from $36.18 to $41.61; US West (N. California) saw larger increases for p5e instances, from $43.26 to $49.75. Capacity Blocks provide reserved, guaranteed GPU capacity for scheduled ML training runs and are paid up front at locked rates. The change follows earlier AWS messaging about GPU price reductions for On-Demand and Savings Plans but applies specifically to Capacity Blocks. AWS cited supply and demand patterns as the reason for the adjustment.
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