# Scaleway to start previewing their Ampere instances

**URL:** https://community.amperecomputing.com/t/scaleway-to-start-previewing-their-ampere-instances/202
**Category:** General Discussion
**Tags:** cloud
**Created:** [March 2, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.amperecomputing.com/t/scaleway-to-start-previewing-their-ampere-instances/202 "2023-03-02T13:32:49Z")
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#### Post date: [March 2, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.amperecomputing.com/t/scaleway-to-start-previewing-their-ampere-instances/202/1 "2023-03-02T13:32:49Z")

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> **[What's planned for Compute in 2023 | Scaleway](https://www.scaleway.com/en/blog/compute-roadmap-2023/)**
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> This year, we will expand our Compute range: from powerful GPU instances to new ARM-based processors, we're excited to share with you what we have in store.

In a move similar to Oracle’s OCI A1 instance availability, Scaleway is going to be offering the same to developers via previews of their AMP2 service.

This is the second time around for them, having designed their own Cavium ThunderX based boards in the mid 2010s…

> **[Scaleway doubles down on ARM-based cloud servers](https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/22/scaleway-doubles-down-on-arm-based-cloud-servers/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALaD6hhKxilA8kUg5r_7wgBSPfcoLKw-Efw4NyygunHgiyqAAKXlDGNz2BWTNJKvMwmXEu-KgqO4pvkPnDVbiSpiqhX9-yVCjBMrNrL9DppsbdOF9oaty8ddwMNOXvuuSElPxNPMV4h8PA0qauJe1zXsxttj0i4FNRnnNvwJoZM5)**
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> Iliad’s cloud hosting division Scaleway has been betting on ARM chipsets for years because they believe the future of hosting is going to be based on ARM’s processor architecture. The company just launched more powerful ARMv8 options and...