AWS Raises AI GPU Prices 20% After January Hike, Lifting Cloud Costs

On June 26, Amazon Web Services announced a roughly 20% price increase for EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML, effective July 1, following a 15% hike in January. The higher rates apply to Nvidia GPU-backed instances such as P6-B300 and P6-B200 across most regions. Tight memory-chip supply and surging demand are driving the move, raising infrastructure costs for AI users while boosting pricing power for AWS and other hyperscalers. The change underscores how hardware bottlenecks now constrain AI growth more than software demand.