Powered by Ampere Altra Arm-based processors, T2A VMs come in multiple predefined VM shapes, with up to 48 vCPUs per VM and 4GB of memory per vCPU. They offer up to 32 Gbps networking bandwidth and a range of network-attached storage options. The new VM family follows last year’s launch of Tau VMs to Google Cloud Compute Engine. Those chips target customers looking for a price-performance improvement without redesigning their Arm architecture applications. “We are excited to extend the rich choices we already offered with Intel and AMD and enter the Arm ecosystem to provide our customers with even more choice and flexibility,” Google Cloud VP of infrastructure Sachin Gupta said to reporters this week. Also: What is cloud computing? Everything you need to know about the cloud explained Customers can now preview these VMs in select regions in North America, Europe and Asia. Google Cloud is also offering in preview a new fully managed service called Google Cloud Batch, which provisions, schedules and executes batch jobs. The service should benefit major use cases for throughput-oriented computing, such as weather forecasting and electronic design automation. “We are dedicated to making the cloud easier for our customers to operate at scale,” Gupta said.
