In addition to virtual machine (VM) instances, Compute Engine offers bare metal instances. Bare metal instances run on dedicated physical servers that Google manages in Google data centers. You create and manage bare metal instances in the same way as VM instances---by selecting a machine type with a name that ends in `-metal`, attaching Google Cloud Hyperdisk storage, and connecting to a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network. For a conceptual comparison between VMs and bare metal instances, including hardware capabilities and workload recommendations, see [Virtual machines and bare metal instances](https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/compute-area/instances.md.txt). ## Machine series with bare metal machine types You can create a bare metal instance using machine types from the following machine series. ### A5X machine series [A5X](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/accelerator-optimized-machines.md.txt#a5x-instances) bare metal instances use NVIDIA Vera Rubin superchips. The A5X machine series offers one bare metal machine type, `a5x-highgpu-4g-metal`, which comes with 176 vCPUs and 1,440 GB of memory. A5X uses NVIDIA Vera CPUs with Armv9.2 Olympus cores, which connect to four NVIDIA Rubin GPUs. A5X bare metal instances support vTPM. You can attach Hyperdisk Balanced, Hyperdisk Balanced High Availability, Hyperdisk Extreme, Hyperdisk ML, and Hyperdisk Throughput disks to A5X bare metal instances. Each A5X bare metal instance automatically includes 48,000 GiB of Local SSD storage across four 12,000 GiB partitions. A5X bare metal instances offer up to 7,200 Gbps of network bandwidth across eight NVIDIA ConnectX-9 SuperNICs and two Titanium Infrastructure Data Path Function (IDPF) network interfaces. The A5X machine series is part of the [accelerator-optimized machine family](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/accelerator-optimized-machines.md.txt), which supports artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and high performance computing (HPC) workloads. ### A4X Max machine series [A4X Max](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/accelerator-optimized-machines.md.txt#a4x-vms) bare metal instances are powered by NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra superchips. The A4X Max machine series offers one bare metal machine type, `a4x-maxgpu-4g-metal`, which comes with 144 vCPUs and 960 GB of memory. A4X Max uses NVIDIA Grace CPUs with Arm Neoverse V2 cores, which are connected to four NVIDIA B300 Blackwell GPUs. You can attach Hyperdisk Balanced, Hyperdisk Extreme, Hyperdisk ML, and Hyperdisk Throughput disks to A4X Max bare metal instances. 12,000 GB of Local SSD storage is automatically attached to A4X Max bare metal instances. A4X Max bare metal instances offer up to 3,600 Gbps of network bandwidth. The A4X Max machine series is part of the [accelerator-optimized machine family](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/accelerator-optimized-machines.md.txt), which is designed for AI, ML, and HPC workloads. ### C4 machine series [C4](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/general-purpose-machines.md.txt#c4_series) bare metal instances are powered by 6th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Granite Rapids). You can create C4 bare metal instances with 288 vCPUs, up to 2,232 GB of memory, and 18 TiB of local Titanium SSD storage. Bare metal instances require a dedicated host server. If you create a bare metal instance, then that compute instance is the only one that can run on the host server. The amount of memory available to your bare metal instance depends on which machine type you use: - **`standard`**: 288 vCPUs and 1,080 GB of memory. - **`highmem`**: 288 vCPUs and 2,232 GB of memory. C4 is built on [Titanium](https://cloud.google.com/titanium) which offloads processing from the host CPU for network processes and Titanium SSD disk I/O. You can attach Hyperdisk Balanced and Hyperdisk Extreme disks to C4 bare metal instances. C4 bare metal instances offer up to 100 Gbps network bandwidth for standard networking and up to 200 Gbps with per VM Tier_1 networking performance. The C4 machine series is part of the [general-purpose machine family](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/general-purpose-machines.md.txt), which has excellent price-performance with flexible vCPU to memory ratios. ### C4A machine series [C4A](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/general-purpose-machines.md.txt#c4a_series) bare metal instances are powered by Google Axion processors. You can create a `standard` C4A bare metal instance `c4a-standard-96-metal` with 96 vCPUs and 384 GB of memory or a `highmem` C4A bare metal instance `c4a-highmem-96-metal` with 96 vCPUs and 768 GB of memory. C4A is built on [Titanium](https://cloud.google.com/titanium) which offloads processing from the host CPU for network processes and Titanium SSD disk I/O. You can attach Hyperdisk Balanced, Hyperdisk Extreme, Hyperdisk Throughput, and Hyperdisk ML disks to C4A bare metal instances. C4A bare metal instances offer up to 50 Gbps network bandwidth for standard networking and up to 100 Gbps with per VM Tier_1 networking performance. ### C4D machine series [C4D](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/general-purpose-machines.md.txt#c4d_series) instances are powered by 5th generation AMD EPYC Turin processors. You can create C4D bare metal instances with 384 vCPUs and up to 3,072 GB of memory. Bare metal instances require a dedicated host server. If you create a bare metal instance, then that compute instance is the only one that can run on the host server. The amount of memory available to your bare metal instance depends on which machine type you use: - `c4d-highcpu-384-metal` comes with 384 vCPUs and 768 GB of memory. - `c4d-standard-384-metal` comes with 384 vCPUs and 1,488 GB of memory. - `c4d-highmem-384-metal` comes with 384 vCPUs and 3,072 GB of memory. C4D is built on [Titanium](https://cloud.google.com/titanium) which uses network offloads. You can attach Hyperdisk Balanced and Hyperdisk Extreme disks to C4D bare metal instances. Local SSD disks aren't available for C4D bare metal instances, but are available with C4D VMs created with a machine type that ends in `-lssd`. C4D bare metal instances offer up to 100 Gbps network bandwidth for standard networking and up to 200 Gbps network bandwidth for per VM Tier_1 networking performance. The C4D machine series is part of the general-purpose machine family. To learn more about the machine types and features of C4D, see [C4D machine series](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/general-purpose-machines.md.txt#c4d_series). ### C3 machine series [C3](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/general-purpose-machines.md.txt#c3_series) is the first machine series to offer a bare metal machine type. C3 instances are powered by 4th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids). You can create C3 bare metal instances with 192 vCPUs and up to 1,536 GB of memory. Bare metal instances require a dedicated host server. If you create a bare metal instance, then that compute instance is the only one that can run on the host server. The amount of memory available to your bare metal instance depends on which machine type you use: - `c3-highcpu-192-metal` comes with 192 vCPUs and 512 GB of memory. - `c3-standard-192-metal` comes with 192 vCPUs and 768 GB of memory. - `c3-highmem-192-metal` comes with 192 vCPUs and 1,536 GB of memory. C3 is built on [Titanium](https://cloud.google.com/titanium) which uses network offloads. You can attach Hyperdisk Balanced and Hyperdisk Extreme disks to C3 bare metal instances. Local SSD disks aren't available for C3 bare metal instances, but are available with C3 VMs created with a machine type that ends in `-lssd`. C3 bare metal instances offer up to 100 Gbps network bandwidth for standard networking and up to 200 Gbps with per VM Tier_1 networking performance. The C3 machine series is part of the [general-purpose machine family](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/general-purpose-machines.md.txt), which has the best price-performance with the most flexible vCPU to memory ratios. ### X5 machine series The [X5 machine series](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/memory-optimized-machines.md.txt#x5_series) is the direct successor to the X4 bare metal series. It significantly expands the maximum available memory to 48TB and uses next-generation Intel Granite Rapids (GNR) CPUs. The X5 machine series is purpose-built and certified for ultra-large SAP HANA scale-up workloads. X5 offers these predefined machine types: - `x5-688-12T-metal` comes with 688 vCPUs and 12,288 GB of memory and 4 sockets. - `x5-688-16T-metal` comes with 688 vCPUs and 16,384 GB of memory and 4 sockets. - `x5-1376-24T-metal` comes with 1,376 vCPUs and 24,576 GB of memory and 8 sockets. - `x5-1376-32T-metal` comes with 1,376 vCPUs and 32,768 GB of memory and 8 sockets. - `x5-2064-48T-metal` comes with 2,064 vCPUs and 49,152 GB of memory and 12 sockets. X5 instances are powered by the 6th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor (code-named Granite Rapids) and [Titanium](https://cloud.google.com/titanium). X5 instances can be used with all Hyperdisk storage. Local SSD disks aren't available for X5 instances. X5 supports up to 200 Gbps network bandwidth for standard networking. The X5 machine series is part of the [memory-optimized machine family](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/memory-optimized-machines.md.txt), which provides the most compute and memory resources of any Compute Engine machine family and higher memory-to-vCPU ratios than general-purpose machine types. ### X4 machine series The [X4 machine series](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/memory-optimized-machines.md.txt#x4_series) offers these predefined machine types: - `x4-480-6t-metal` comes with 480 vCPUs and 6,144 GB of memory. - `x4-480-8t-metal` comes with 480 vCPUs and 8,192 GB of memory. - `x4-960-12t-metal` comes with 960 vCPUs and 12,288 GB of memory. - `x4-960-16t-metal` (previously `x4-megamem-960-metal`) comes with 960 vCPUs and 16,384 GB of memory. - `x4-1440-24t-metal` (previously `x4-megamem-1440-metal`) comes with 1,440 vCPUs and 24,576 GB of memory. - `x4-1920-32t-metal` (previously `x4-megamem-1920-metal`) comes with 1,920 vCPUs and 32,768 GB of memory. X4 instances are powered by the 4th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor (code-named Sapphire Rapids) and [Titanium](https://cloud.google.com/titanium). X4 instances can be used with only Hyperdisk Balanced and Hyperdisk Extreme storage. Local SSD disks aren't available for X4 instances. X4 supports up to 100 Gbps network bandwidth for standard networking. The X4 machine series is part of the [memory-optimized machine family](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/memory-optimized-machines.md.txt), which provides the most compute and memory resources of any Compute Engine machine family and higher memory-to-vCPU ratios than general-purpose machine types. ### Z4D machine series [Z4D instances](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/storage-optimized-machines.md.txt#z4d_series) are powered by AMD EPYC Turin processors, DDR5 memory, and [Titanium offload processors](https://cloud.google.com/titanium). Z4D machine types are optimized for the underlying NUMA architecture to deliver optimal, reliable, and consistent performance. Z4D also offers larger Titanium SSD disk sizes than Z3. Z4D offers only a single bare metal machine type: `z4d-highmem-384-standardlssd-metal`. This machine type comes with 384 vCPUs, 3,072 GB of memory, two physical NICs, and 84,000 GiB of local Titanium SSD storage. The Z4D machine series is part of the storage-optimized machine family, and provides high density, high performing Titanium SSD storage. Z4D provides high vCPU to Titanium SSD capacity ratios of any machine series offered by Google Cloud. You can attach Hyperdisk Balanced, Hyperdisk Balanced High Availability, Hyperdisk Extreme, Hyperdisk ML, and Hyperdisk Throughput disks to Z4D bare metal instances. Z4D bare metal instances offer up to 400 Gbps network bandwidth for standard networking. ### Z4M machine series [Z4M](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/storage-optimized-machines.md.txt#z4m_series) is a multi-NIC storage-optimized machine series. Z4M supports Cloud RDMA. Z4M instances are powered by 5th generation Intel Emerald Rapids Xeon Scalable processors. Bare metal instances require a dedicated host server. If you create a bare metal instance, then that compute instance is the only one that can run on the host server. To create a Z4M bare metal instance, use the `z4m-highmem-192-metal` machine type. This machine type comes with 192 vCPUs, 1,536 GB of memory, 168,000 GiB of local Titanium SSD storage, and up to 400 Gbps network bandwidth. Z4M is built on [Titanium](https://cloud.google.com/titanium), which uses network offloads. You can attach any type of Hyperdisk disk to Z4M bare metal instances. The Z4M machine series is part of the storage-optimized machine family, and provides high density, high performing Titanium SSD storage. Z4M provides higher vCPU to Titanium SSD capacity ratios of any machine series offered by Google Cloud. ### Z3 machine series [Z3](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/storage-optimized-machines.md.txt#z3_series) is the first machine series to offer Titanium SSD disks with a bare metal machine type. Z3 instances are powered by 4^th^ generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids). Z3 offers only a single bare metal machine type: `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal`. This machine type comes with 192 vCPUs, 1,536 GB of memory, and 72,000 GiB of local Titanium SSD storage. Z3 is built on [Titanium](https://cloud.google.com/titanium), which uses network offloads. You can attach Hyperdisk Balanced and Hyperdisk Extreme disks to Z3 bare metal instances. Z3 bare metal instances offer up to 100 Gbps network bandwidth for standard networking and up to 200 Gbps with per VM Tier_1 networking performance. The Z3 machine series is part of the storage-optimized machine family, and provides high density, high performing Titanium SSD storage. ## Supported OS images for bare metal instances Because bare metal instances use the IDPF network driver, you can only use [OS images that support IDPF](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images/os-details.md.txt#networking). > [!NOTE] > **Note:** C4D bare metal instances don't support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) version 15 SP6. ## Regional availability of bare metal instances The following sortable table shows the regional availability of bare metal instances and which bare metal machine types are available in each zone. You can filter the table rows by geographical location or machine series. You can also sort the table by **Zones**. Machine type names that include an asterisk (`*`) symbol represent machine types either with or without Titanium SSD disks attached. For example, `c4-standard-288-*-metal` represents both the `c4-standard-288-metal` and `c4-standard-288-lssd-metal` machine types. APAC North America South America Europe Middle East Africa A5X A4X Max C4  C4A C4D C3 X4 X5 Z3 Z4D Z4M | Zones | Location | Machine series | Machine types | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | `africa-south1-a` `africa-south1-b` `africa-south1-c` | Johannesburg, South Africa | N/A | N/A | | `asia-east1-a` | Changhua County, Taiwan, APAC | C3, Z3 | `c3-highmem-192-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `asia-east1-b` | Changhua County, Taiwan, APAC | Z3 | `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `asia-east1-c` | Changhua County, Taiwan, APAC | C3, Z3 | `c3-highmem-192-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `asia-east2-a` `asia-east2-b` `asia-east2-c` | Hong Kong, APAC | N/A | N/A | | `asia-northeast1-a` | Tokyo, Japan, APAC | C4A | `c4a-highmem-96-metal` | | `asia-northeast1-b` | Tokyo, Japan, APAC | C4A, Z3 | `c4a-highmem-96-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `asia-northeast1-c` | Tokyo, Japan, APAC | N/A | N/A | | `asia-northeast2-a` `asia-northeast2-b` `asia-northeast2-c` | Osaka, Japan, APAC | N/A | N/A | | `asia-northeast3-a` `asia-northeast3-b` `asia-northeast3-c` | Seoul, South Korea, APAC | N/A | N/A | | `asia-south1-a` | Mumbai, India, APAC | N/A | N/A | | `asia-south1-b` | Mumbai, India, APAC | C3, X4 | `c3-highmem-192-metal` For X4, contact sales team | | `asia-south1-c` | Mumbai, India, APAC | X4, Z3 | For X4, contact sales team `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | X4, Z3 | Contact sales team | | `asia-south2-a` | Delhi, India, APAC | X4, X5 | Contact sales team | | `asia-south2-b` `asia-south2-c` | Delhi, India, APAC | N/A | N/A | | `asia-southeast1-a` | Jurong West, Singapore, APAC | C4 , C3, Z3 | `c4-standard-288-*-metal` `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` `c3-highcpu-192-metal` `c3-standard-192-metal` `c3-highmem-192-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `asia-southeast1-b` | Jurong West, Singapore, APAC | C4 , C4D, Z3 | `c4-standard-288-*-metal` `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` `c4d-highcpu-384-metal` `c4d-standard-384-metal` `c4d-highmem-384-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `asia-southeast1-c` | Jurong West, Singapore, APAC | C4 , C3, Z3 | `c4-standard-288-*-metal` `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` `c3-highcpu-192-metal` `c3-standard-192-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `asia-southeast2-a` `asia-southeast2-b` `asia-southeast2-c` | Jakarta, Indonesia, APAC | N/A | N/A | | `asia-southeast2-b` `asia-southeast2-c` | Jakarta, Indonesia, APAC | N/A | N/A | | `australia-southeast1-a` `australia-southeast1-b` `australia-southeast1-c` | Sydney, Australia, APAC | N/A | N/A | | `australia-southeast2-a` `australia-southeast2-b` | Melbourne, Australia, APAC | Z3 | `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `australia-southeast2-c` | Melbourne, Australia, APAC | Z3 | `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `australia-southeast2-c` | Melbourne, Australia, APAC | N/A | N/A | | `europe-central2-a` `europe-central2-b` `europe-central2-c` | Warsaw, Poland, Europe | N/A | N/A | | `europe-north2-a` | Stockholm, Sweden, Europe | C3, Z3 | `c3-highmem-192-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `europe-north2-b` | Stockholm, Sweden, Europe | C3 | `c3-highmem-192-metal` | | `europe-north2-c` | Stockholm, Sweden, Europe | N/A | N/A | | `europe-southwest1-a` `europe-southwest1-b` `europe-southwest1-c` | Madrid, Spain, Europe | C4  | `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` | | `europe-west1-b` `europe-west1-c` | St. Ghislain, Belgium, Europe | C3, C4, X4, X5, Z3 | `c3-highcpu-192-metal` `c3-standard-192-metal` `c3-highmem-192-metal` `c4-standard-288-*-metal` `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` For X4 and X5, contact sales team `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `europe-west1-d` | St. Ghislain, Belgium, Europe | N/A | N/A | | `europe-west2-a` `europe-west2-b` | London, England, Europe | Z3 | `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `europe-west2-c` | London, England, Europe | N/A | N/A | | `europe-west3-a` | Frankfurt, Germany, Europe | C3, C4A, X4 | `c3-highmem-192-metal` `c4a-highmem-96-metal` For X4, contact sales team | | `europe-west3-b` | Frankfurt, Germany, Europe | C3, C4A, X4, Z3 | `c3-highmem-192-metal` `c4a-highmem-96-metal` For X4, contact sales team `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `europe-west3-c` | Frankfurt, Germany, Europe | C4A, Z3 | `c4a-highmem-96-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `europe-west4-a` | Eemshaven, Netherlands, Europe | C4 , C4A, C4D, X4, Z3 | `c4-standard-288-*-metal` `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` `c4a-highmem-96-metal` `c4d-highcpu-384-metal` `c4d-standard-384-metal` `c4d-highmem-384-metal` For X4, contact sales team `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `europe-west4-b` | Eemshaven, Netherlands, Europe | C4 , C4A, C4D, C3, X4, Z3 | `c4-standard-288-*-metal` `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` `c4a-highmem-96-metal` `c4d-highcpu-384-metal` `c4d-standard-384-metal` `c4d-highmem-384-metal` `c3-highcpu-192-metal` `c3-highmem-192-metal` For X4, contact sales team `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `europe-west4-c` | Eemshaven, Netherlands, Europe | C3, C4A, X4, X5, Z3 | `c3-highcpu-192-metal` `c3-standard-192-metal` `c3-highmem-192-metal` `c4a-highmem-96-metal` For X4 and X5 contact sales team `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `europe-west6-a` `europe-west6-b` `europe-west6-c` | Zurich, Switzerland, Europe | N/A | N/A | | `europe-west8-a` | Milan, Italy, Europe | X4, X5 | For X4 and X5, contact sales team | | `europe-west8-b` | Milan, Italy, Europe | C4, Z3 | `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `europe-west8-c` | Milan, Italy, Europe | X4, X5, Z3 | For X4 and X5, contact sales team `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `europe-west9-a` `europe-west9-b` `europe-west9-c` | Paris, France, Europe | N/A | N/A | | `europe-west10-a` `europe-west10-b` `europe-west10-c` | Berlin, Germany, Europe | N/A | N/A | | `europe-west12-a` `europe-west12-b` `europe-west12-c` | Turin, Italy, Europe | N/A | N/A | | `me-central1-a` | Doha, Qatar, Middle East | C3, Z3 | `c3-standard-192-metal` `c3-highmem-192-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `me-central1-b` | Doha, Qatar, Middle East | N/A | N/A | | `me-central1-c` | Doha, Qatar, Middle East | C3, Z3 | `c3-standard-192-metal` `c3-highmem-192-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `me-central2-a` `me-central2-b` `me-central2-c` | Dammam, Saudi Arabia, Middle East | N/A | N/A | | `me-west1-a` `me-west1-b` `me-west1-c` | Tel Aviv, Israel, Middle East | N/A | N/A | | `northamerica-northeast1-a` `northamerica-northeast1-b` `northamerica-northeast1-c` | Montréal, Québec, North America | N/A | N/A | | `northamerica-northeast2-a` | Toronto, Ontario, North America | N/A | N/A | | `northamerica-northeast2-b` `northamerica-northeast2-c` | Toronto, Ontario, North America | Z3 | `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `northamerica-south1-a` `northamerica-south1-b` `northamerica-south1-c` | Queretaro, Mexico, North America | N/A | N/A | | `southamerica-east1-a` | Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil, South America | Z3 | `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `southamerica-east1-b` `southamerica-east1-c` | Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil, South America | N/A | N/A | | `southamerica-west1-a` | Santiago, Chile, South America | Z3 | `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `southamerica-west1-b` `southamerica-west1-c` | Santiago, Chile, South America | N/A | N/A | | `us-central1-a` | Council Bluffs, Iowa, North America | A4X Max, C4 , C4A, C3, X5, X4, Z4D, Z4M, Z3 | `a4x-maxgpu-4g-metal` `c3-standard-192-metal` `c3-highmem-192-metal` `c4-standard-288-*-metal` `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` `c4a-highmem-96-*-metal` For X4 and X5, contact sales team `z4d-highmem-384-standardlssd-metal` `z4m-highmem-192-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `us-central1-b` | Council Bluffs, Iowa, North America | A4X Max, C4 , C4A, C4D, X4, Z4D, Z3 | `a4x-maxgpu-4g-metal` `c4-standard-288-*-metal` `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` `c4a-highmem-96-metal` `c4d-standard-384-metal` For X4, contact sales team `z4d-highmem-384-standardlssd-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `us-central1-c` | Council Bluffs, Iowa, North America | C4 , C4A, C3, X4, X5, Z4D, Z3 | `c4-standard-288-*-metal` `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` `c4a-standard-96-metal` `c4a-highmem-96-metal` `c3-highcpu-192-metal` For X4 and X5, contact sales team `z4d-highmem-384-standardlssd-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `us-central1-f` | Council Bluffs, Iowa, North America | C4, Z4D | `c4-standard-288-*-metal` `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` `z4d-highmem-384-standardlssd-metal` | | `us-east1-b` | Moncks Corner, South Carolina, North America | C4, Z3 | `c4-standard-288-*-metal` `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `us-east1-c` | Moncks Corner, South Carolina, North America | C3, C4, Z3 | `c3-highcpu-192-metal` `c3-standard-192-metal` `c3-highmem-192-metal` `c4-standard-288-*-metal` `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `us-east1-d` | Moncks Corner, South Carolina, North America | C3, C4  | `c3-highcpu-192-metal` `c3-standard-192-metal` `c3-highmem-192-metal` `c4-standard-288-*-metal` `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` | | `us-east4-a` | Ashburn, Virginia, North America | A4X Max, C4 , C3, X5, X4, Z4D | `a4x-maxgpu-4g-metal` `c4-standard-288-*-metal` `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` `c3-highcpu-192-metal` `c3-standard-192-metal` `c3-highmem-192-metal` For X4 and X5, contact sales team `z4d-highmem-384-standardlssd-metal` | | `us-east4-b` | Ashburn, Virginia, North America | A4X Max, C4 , C4D, X4, Z4D, Z3 | `a4x-maxgpu-4g-metal` `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` `c4-standard-288-*-metal` `c4d-highcpu-384-metal` `c4d-standard-384-metal` `c4d-highmem-384-metal` For X4, contact sales team `z4d-highmem-384-standardlssd-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `us-east4-c` | Ashburn, Virginia, North America | C3, C4, C4A, X4, X5, Z4D, Z3 | `c3-highcpu-192-metal` `c3-standard-192-metal` `c3-highmem-192-metal` `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` `c4-standard-288-*-metal` `c4a-highmem-96-metal` For X4 and X5, contact sales team `z4d-highmem-384-standardlssd-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `us-east5-a` | Columbus, Ohio, North America | C3, C4, Z3, Z4D, Z4M | `c3-highcpu-192-metal` `c3-standard-192-metal` `c3-highmem-192-metal` `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` `c4-standard-288-*-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` `z4d-highmem-384-standardlssd-metal` `z4m-highmem-192-metal` | | `us-east5-b` | Columbus, Ohio, North America | A4X Max, C3, C4A, Z3, Z4D, Z4M | `a4x-maxgpu-4g-metal` `c3-highcpu-192-metal` `c3-standard-192-metal` `c3-highmem-192-metal` `c4a-highmem-96-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` `z4d-highmem-384-standardlssd-metal` `z4m-highmem-192-metal` | | `us-east5-c` | Columbus, Ohio, North America | A4X Max, Z3, Z4D, Z4M | `a4x-maxgpu-4g-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` `z4d-highmem-384-standardlssd-metal` `z4m-highmem-192-metal` | | `us-south1-a` | Dallas, Texas, North America | C4, Z3 | `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `us-south1-b` | Dallas, Texas, North America | C4  | `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` | | `us-south1-c` | Dallas, Texas, North America | N/A | N/A | | `us-west1-a` | The Dalles, Oregon, North America | C3, C4  | `c3-highcpu-192-metal` `c3-standard-192-metal` `c3-highmem-192-metal` `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` `c4-standard-288-*-metal` | | `us-west1-b` | The Dalles, Oregon, North America | A5X, C3, C4  | `a5x-highgpu-4g-metal` `c3-highcpu-192-metal` `c3-standard-192-metal` `c3-highmem-192-metal` `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` `c4-standard-288-*-metal` | | `us-west1-c` | The Dalles, Oregon, North America | C4  | `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` `c4-standard-288-*-metal` | | `us-west2-a` | Los Angeles, California, North America | Z3 | `z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal` | | `us-west2-b` `us-west2-c` | Los Angeles, California, North America | N/A | N/A | | `us-west3-a` `us-west3-b` `us-west3-c` | Salt Lake City, Utah, North America | N/A | N/A | | `us-west4-a` | Las Vegas, Nevada, North America | C4A, X4 | `c4a-highmem-96-metal` For X4, contact sales team | | `us-west4-b` | Las Vegas, Nevada, North America | C4, X4 | `c4-highmem-288-*-metal` `c4-standard-288-*-metal` For X4, contact sales team | | `us-west4-c` | Las Vegas, Nevada, North America | C4A | `c4a-highmem-96-metal` | ## What's next - [Create and start a Compute Engine bare metal instance](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/create-vm-from-public-image.md.txt#baremetal).