AWS reportedly lifts GPU capacity prices again, with a 15% hike flagged for October 7

Amazon Web Services may be raising prices on its reserved GPU compute yet again. A post on X claims AWS is lifting reserved compute prices for a fourth quarter, with a 15% increase set to begin October 7. What AWS has actually raised in 2026 The increases center on EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML. That product lets customers lock in GPU capacity for machine learning workloads ahead of time. The first confirmed move came in January 2026. AWS raised Capacity Block prices by approximately 15%, with the hike landing on instances that run NVIDIA H200 GPUs. A second, larger bump followed on July 1, 2026. That one added roughly 20% to the same GPU capacity service. The effect shows up clearly on a single machine. After the July change, the H200-based p5e.48xlarge instance went from about $34.61 per hour to about $39 per hour in most regions. In the US West region, the post-July price for that instance reached $49.74 per hour. The October 7 increase is a different story. The 15% figure comes from the X post, and research findings indicate that number has not been publicly confirmed by AWS. Why GPU capacity keeps getting pricier AWS has reportedly framed these changes as a response to supply and...