Amazon Redshift Serverless now offers 4-RPU Minimum Capacity in 7 additional AWS Regions

Amazon Web Services has expanded availability of its 4-RPU minimum capacity configuration for Redshift Serverless to seven additional regions, including Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Canada (Central), Europe (London), South America (Sao Paulo), and both AWS GovCloud regions. The reduced minimum capacity represents a 50% decrease from the previous 8-RPU requirement, with each RPU providing 16GB of memory and pricing starting at $1.50 per hour on a per-second billing basis. The lower entry point makes Redshift Serverless more accessible for development environments and smaller workloads that don't require extensive compute resources. The 4-RPU configuration supports data warehouses with up to 32TB of managed storage, a maximum of 100 columns per table, and 64GB of total memory. Users pay only for actual compute consumption when the data warehouse is active, with additional cost savings available through 1-year and 3-year capacity reservations for predictable workloads.