Google Cloud to launch NVIDIA Vera Rubin A5X instances next month

Google Cloud and NVIDIA said Vera Rubin-based A5X instances will reach general availability next month, extending access to a rack-scale AI platform for training, inference and large-scale reinforcement learning. The announcement, published by NVIDIA on October 21, 2026, also said availability is planned to expand to Europe. According to NVIDIA, A5X instances combine NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72, NVIDIA ConnectX-9 SuperNICs, Google Cloud Virgo Network and Google Cloud’s fourth-generation advanced liquid-cooling technology. The companies described the platform as part of Google Cloud’s AI Hypercomputer and said it is designed for demanding agentic inference and reinforcement learning workloads at scale.

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