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Google Cloud and Nvidia plan to scale Vera Rubin infrastructure to up to 960,000 GPUs

By BORSA NewsroomPublished Oct 21, 2026, 8:36 AM EDTUpdated Oct 21, 2026, 8:38 AM EDT

Google Cloud announced A5X instances powered by Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72, going GA next month. Plans to scale to 960,000 GPUs across multiple data centers. First customer Ineffable Intelligence. WPP tested AI workflows. Confidential Computing expands to G4 VMs with Blackwell GPUs. Power-efficiency tech via Nvidia DSX MaxLPS.

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A5X instances powered by Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72, ConnectX-9 SuperNICs, Virgo networking, fourth-gen liquid cooling