diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/copr_aws b/inventory/group_vars/copr_aws
index 6fe944fcfb..373b727121 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/copr_aws
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/copr_aws
@@ -19,11 +19,14 @@ backend_base_url: "https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org"
 builders:
   # max|spawn_concurrently|prealloc
   aws:
-    aarch64: [8, 2, 2]
+    aarch64: [8, 2, 1]
     x86_64: [20, 4, 1]
+  aws_powerful:
+    aarch64: [10, 2, 0]
+    x86_64: [10, 2, 1]
   aws_spot:
-    aarch64: [30, 4, 3]
-    x86_64: [70, 8, 8]
+    aarch64: [30, 4, 1]
+    x86_64: [70, 8, 1]
   ppc64le_hypervisor_01:
     ppc64le: [15, 4, 15]
   # There's the ppc64le-test machine, so keep 2 builders less.
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/copr_dev_aws b/inventory/group_vars/copr_dev_aws
index d03a37d28c..ae745fe96a 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/copr_dev_aws
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/copr_dev_aws
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ builders:
     aarch64: [2, 0, 0]
     x86_64: [4, 0, 0]
   aws_spot:
-    aarch64: [5, 1, 1]
-    x86_64: [5, 1, 1]
+    aarch64: [0, 0, 1]
+    x86_64: [0, 0, 1]
+  aws_powerful:
+    aarch64: [10, 1, 0]
+    x86_64: [10, 1, 0]
   ppc64le_hypervisor_01:
     ppc64le: [2, 1, 1]
   ppc64le_hypervisor_02:
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/pools.yaml.j2 b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/pools.yaml.j2
index d5aed4d6db..15ad5374e9 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/pools.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/pools.yaml.j2
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ copr_ic_s390x_{{ zone }}_{% if devel %}dev{% else %}prod{% endif %}:
 # AWS should have priority < 0 unless it is reserved instance for which we pay anyway
 
 # reserved instances
+# aws(arch, max, max_starting, max_prealloc, spot=False, on_demand=none, priority=0, reserved=False)
 {% if not devel %}
 {{ aws('x86_64', 47, 20, 47, priority=20, reserved=True) }}
 {% endif %}
@@ -460,17 +461,17 @@ copr_ic_s390x_{{ zone }}_{% if devel %}dev{% else %}prod{% endif %}:
 #### High performance builders
 # priority should be less than any other normal builder. i.e., <= -40
 
-{{ aws('x86_64', builders.aws_spot.x86_64[0], builders.aws_spot.x86_64[1],
-       builders.aws_spot.x86_64[2], spot=True, on_demand='powerful', priority=-40) }}
+{{ aws('x86_64', builders.aws_powerful.x86_64[0], builders.aws_powerful.x86_64[1],
+       builders.aws_powerful.x86_64[2], spot=True, on_demand='powerful', priority=-40) }}
 
-{{ aws('aarch64', builders.aws_spot.aarch64[0], builders.aws_spot.aarch64[1],
-       builders.aws_spot.aarch64[2], spot=True, on_demand='powerful', priority=-40) }}
+{{ aws('aarch64', builders.aws_powerful.aarch64[0], builders.aws_powerful.aarch64[1],
+       builders.aws_powerful.aarch64[2], spot=True, on_demand='powerful', priority=-40) }}
 
-{{ aws('x86_64', builders.aws_spot.x86_64[0], builders.aws_spot.x86_64[1],
-       builders.aws_spot.x86_64[2], on_demand='powerful', priority=-60) }}
+{{ aws('x86_64', builders.aws_powerful.x86_64[0], builders.aws_powerful.x86_64[1],
+       builders.aws_powerful.x86_64[2], on_demand='powerful', priority=-60) }}
 
-{{ aws('aarch64', builders.aws_spot.aarch64[0], builders.aws_spot.aarch64[1],
-       builders.aws_spot.aarch64[2], on_demand='powerful', priority=-60) }}
+{{ aws('aarch64', builders.aws_powerful.aarch64[0], builders.aws_powerful.aarch64[1],
+       builders.aws_powerful.aarch64[2], on_demand='powerful', priority=-60) }}
 
 
 #### Evacuate machines in older pools