March 06, 2026

Google Cloud release notes for March 6, 2026 covering updates across GKE, AlloyDB, BigQuery, Firestore, and other services.

• •GKE introduces H4D machine series (GA) for HPC workloads, featuring 192 cores, 200 Gbps Cloud RDMA networking, and up to 1,488 GB memory based on AMD EPYC Turin
• •GKE Inference Quickstart now supports distributed AI inference with llm-d scheduling for models like Qwen and gpt-oss on NVIDIA GPUs and Cloud TPUs
• •GKE adds automated disk type selection for Hyperdisk volumes, enabling a single StorageClass to support mixed VM generation clusters
• •AlloyDB enhanced backups reached GA, supporting tiered backup management and deletion
• •Apigee integrated portal now supports AsyncAPI documents for asynchronous API documentation publishing