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2026-10-21•2 min read

Google Cloud and Nvidia Unveil Vera Rubin A5X Instances, Plan for 960,000 GPUs

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“Targeting 960,000 Rubin GPUs is an incredible compute flex, but cooling and powering nearly a million next-generation chips will require Google Cloud to solve physics and real estate problems that make the software side look easy.”

Google Cloud and Nvidia Unveil Vera Rubin A5X Instances, Plan for 960,000 GPUs
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Executive Summary

  • •Google Cloud and Nvidia announced the upcoming general availability of A5X instances featuring the Vera Rubin NVL72 architecture.
  • •Google Cloud intends to scale its Rubin infrastructure to as many as 960,000 GPUs across multiple sites.
  • •The massive rollout relies on fourth-generation liquid cooling and high-bandwidth networking to support continuous reinforcement learning and governed agentic workflows.

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Key Developments & Data

Google Cloud and Nvidia are launching general availability of A5X instances powered by the NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 architecture next month, with planned expansion into Europe. Google Cloud plans to scale its Vera Rubin-based infrastructure to as many as 960,000 Rubin GPUs across multiple global sites. The A5X instances integrate Nvidia ConnectX-9 SuperNICs with Google Cloud's Virgo Network and its fourth-generation advanced liquid-cooling technology to handle extreme thermal and bandwidth demands. Google Cloud will also offer NVIDIA Confidential Computing at rack scale on bare metal A4X Max instances, powered by the GB300 NVL72. "We’re building superlearners that continually improve through their own experience. That demands both substantial compute and a tight connection between generating experience and training on it, so each improvement in the agent can quickly shape its next experience." — David Silver

Zubiqo Strategic Assessment

Primary Impact

Hyperscale cloud providers and enterprise AI labs running massive-scale reinforcement learning and continuous agentic workflows.

Strategic Shift

The shift from static foundational model training to continuous reinforcement learning, requiring tightly integrated compute, networking, and rapid experience-generation loops at unprecedented scale.

The Ripple Effect

Google's plan to deploy 960,000 Rubin GPUs will place extreme strain on existing data center power budgets, driving an immediate operational reliance on advanced power orchestration solutions like the explored DSX MaxLPS capabilities to optimize performance per watt.

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