Confidential VM: Accelerator-optimized machine type now GA
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The accelerator-optimized g4-standard-48 machine type for Confidential VMs is now generally available. This enhancement allows for securely running AI and ML workloads using 5th Generation AMD EPYC processors and NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 GPUs. This update is relevant for users needing to run sensitive compute tasks on Google Cloud.
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- Confidential VM
The accelerator-optimized g4-standard-48 machine type for securely running AI and ML workloads is generally available (GA) , with the following specifications: 5th Generation AMD EPYC Turin processor AMD SEV 1 NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 GPU
Read the original announcement →
https://docs.cloud.google.com/release-notes#August_07_2026
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