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Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) Sandbox lets you build and validate applications in a simulated Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped environment without requiring physical hardware. Learn more

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Training
Training and tutorials

Deploy and evaluate Gemma open models in a sandbox environment without physical hardware.

GenAI Gemma

Training
Training and tutorials

Run zero-shot time-series forecasting using TimesFM on GDC Sandbox.

AI/ML Forecasting

Training
Training and tutorials

Learn how to navigate and manage simulated org-infra and user clusters from the web console and CLI.

Clusters Kubernetes

Use case
Use cases

Explore AI/ML services and model deployment capabilities in the air-gapped simulation.

AI/ML Vertex AI

Use case
Use cases

Configure NVIDIA GPUs for compute-intensive workloads and AI inference.

Compute GPU

Use case
Use cases

Automated Speech-to-Text inference

Run speech recognition models locally without internet connectivity.

Speech AI