Cloud GPU Capacity Up 20% at AWS: Engineers Adapt Now

On July 1, 2026, AWS raised EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML prices by roughly 20% per accelerator-hour, its second hike in six months after a ~15% increase in January (Converge Digest). A reserved P6-B300 (Blackwell Ultra) now costs $14.04/hr. Cloud GPU capacity — the scarce fabric every foundation-model training and …