Azure VMware Solution now available in the new AV48 node size in Japan East.

Today we're announcing the availability of the Azure VMware Solution AV48 SKU in Japan East.  This SKU modernizes the CPU to the Intel Sapphire Rapids architecture and increases the deployed cores and memory per server to better accommodate today’s workloads.

Key features of the new AV48 in Japan East:

• Dual Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y CPUs (Sapphire Rapids microarchitecture) with 24 cores/CPU @ 2.6 GHz / 3.3Ghz All Core Turbo / 4.0 GHz Max Turbo, Total 48 physical cores (96 logical cores with hyperthreading)
• 1TB of DRAM Memory
• 19.2TB storage capacity with all NVMe based SSDs
• 1.5TB of NVMe Cache

For pricing reach out to your Microsoft Account Team, or visit the Azure Portal quota request page. Learn More