AWS Compute Optimizer now identifies idle EC2 Auto Scaling groups with GPU instances

AWS Compute Optimizer now detects idle EC2 Auto Scaling groups using G and P instance types, enabling you to identify additional savings opportunities in your AWS spend. As AI development accelerates, organizations are creating more Auto Scaling groups with G and P instance types for training and inference workloads. Once you enable the NVIDIA CloudWatch agent, Compute Optimizer analyzes utilization data and identifies groups that have completed jobs and remained idle during your specified lookback period, making it easier to identify and prevent waste on these high-cost instance types.

This new feature is available in all AWS Regions where AWS Compute Optimizer is available except for the AWS GovCloud (US) and the China Regions. The new recommendations will also be available in Cost Optimization Hub. For more information about Compute Optimizer, visit our product page and documentation. You can start using AWS Compute Optimizer through the AWS Management Console, AWS Services CLI, or AWS SDK.