Generally Available: Azure Ultra Disk Price Reduction in Central US

Ultra Disks are the most performant block storage option for Azure virtual machines offering consistent low sub-millisecond latency, extremely high performance. This makes Ultra disk ideal for a broad spectrum of the most demanding enterprise production workloads, such as SAP HANA, top-tier databases, and transaction-heavy systems that require the highest levels of performance. To support customers running these mission-critical workloads more cost-effectively, we are reducing Ultra Disk pricing in **Central** **US**. The [new pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/managed-disks/) is effective on August 1, 2025\. See the table below for details. | | Previous Pricing($/month\*) | New Pricing($/month\*) (% lower of Previous Pricing) | Estimated Ultra Disk Cost % Saving\*\* | | | ------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | | Central US | Capacity (GiB): $0.147460 IOPS: $0.061320 MBPS: $0.395660 | Capacity (GiB): $0.125560 **(15%)** IOPS: $0.040150 **(35%)** MBPS: $0.099280 **(75%)** | 20% - 40% | Learn more: * Read about [Ultra Disk](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-types#ultra-disks). * For more information about Ultra Disk Storage pricing, visit the Azure Managed Disks [pricing page](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/managed-disks/). \*Price is based on 730 hours per month. ​\*\*: Exact Ultra Disk cost % saving will be based on customer's Ultra Disk capacity, IOPS and throughput configuration in the corresponding region. The estimated cost saving % is calculated based on observed common customer usage.