# Announcing instance preference lists for Amazon SageMaker AI training jobs

DevFeed: [Announcing instance preference lists for Amazon SageMaker AI training jobs](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/announcing-instance-preference-lists-for-amazon-sagemaker-ai-training-jobs-26939.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/announcing-instance-preference-lists-for-amazon-sagemaker-ai-training-jobs/>)

Author: Kanwaljit Khurmi

Published: 2026-09-15T16:01:47Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/artificial-intelligence.md>)

Topics: [Amazon SageMaker AI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-sagemaker-ai.md>), [GPU](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gpu.md>), [Model Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-development.md>), [data-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-processing.md>)

Tags: [amazon-sagemaker-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon-sagemaker-ai.md>), [announcements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcements.md>), [gpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gpu.md>), [intermediate-200](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/intermediate-200.md>), [model-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model-development.md>), [pipelines](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pipelines.md>), [scheduled](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scheduled.md>), [training](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/training.md>)

## AI overview

Amazon SageMaker AI introduces instance preference lists for training and processing jobs. Users can specify up to five instance types in priority order, and SageMaker AI launches the job on the first option with available capacity, reducing manual retries and capacity monitoring.

## Source excerpt

Amazon SageMaker AI now offers instance preference lists for training and processing jobs. Specify an ordered list of up to five instance types, and SageMaker AI automatically launches on the first type with available capacity, eliminating manual retry loops and capacity-watching scripts.