The right Instance for specialized purposes

Reviewed on June 24, 2025

An Instance is a virtual machine in the cloud. Scaleway supports several types of Instances, each with their own set of resources, unique value propositions, and technical specifications. Each Instance supports the essential operating systems and distributions, as well as customized InstantApps.

Specialized range: POP2-HM and POP2-HC Instances

Scaleway's Specialized range includes POP2-HM (High Memory), POP2-HN (High Network) and POP2-HC (High CPU). Equipped with dedicated vCPUs, these Instances are optimized for workload-intensive applications.

High-Memory: Designed for RAM-intensive usages, and high memory production applications, these machines provide the highest RAM to vCPU ratio. These Instances are designed for high-demanding analysis, in-memory calculation, big-data processing, high-performance, or cache databases.
High-CPU: Made for high computing workloads and compute-bound applications, this machine provides the highest vCPU to RAM ratio. Designed for high-performance web-serving, video encoding, machine learning, batch processing, CI/CD.

See below the technical specifications of Specialized Instances:

Range	Specialized
Instance Type	POP2-HM, POP2-HC, POP2-HN
Availability Zone	PAR1, PAR2, PAR3, AMS1, AMS2, WAW2, WAW3
Storage	Block
Max. Bandwidth	From 400 Mbps to 12.8 Gbps
CPU Type	AMD EPYC 7543 (2,8 GHz)
Resources	Dedicated vCPUs
Sizing	From 2 to 64 dedicated vCPUs From 4 GiB to 512 GiB RAM
vCPU:RAM ratio	1:8 (POP2-HM), 1:2 (POP2-HC and POP2-HN)

Complementary services

To help build and manage your applications, consider complementing your Specialized Instance with the following compatible services:

Matching use cases

Try Scaleway Specialized Instances with the following tutorials:

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