Users who have created an Amazon account recently may face a problem of not being able to launch P3 instances. This is due to a limit enforced by Amazon for new users. You will see a message as below.
To get over the problem log a request at the following URL:
http://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/ec2-request
Request a “Service Limit Increase”, Limit Type as “EC2 Instances” and choose appropriate Region, P3 Instance Type and number you want to run at one time.
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