Solved: Availability of TPUv3 for TRC participants

gzhu06 · 05-17-2023 11:02 AM

Hello,

I have tried to apply for the v3-256 pod in east since Sunday, but it always returns 'no capacity', and according to this page https://cloud.google.com/tpu/docs/regions-zones the only available v3 is 128 and located in central. It works pretty well in the past months, I am wondering if TPUv3 with higher cores (~16) no longer available for TRC participants?

Thanks in advance!

Best,

kvandres

Good day @gzhu06,

Welcome to Google Cloud Community!

Based on the documentation, that is correct v3-8 is only available in selected zones in us-central1. For the case of TRC participants, you need to reach out to the TRC support if you need to use a large amount or more specific generations of Cloud TPU, provided the information about your project timeline, objectives and requirements. For more information and instructions on how to contact TRC support, visit this page: https://sites.research.google/trc/faq/

Hope this is useful!

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kvandres

Good day @gzhu06,

Welcome to Google Cloud Community!

Based on the documentation, that is correct v3-8 is only available in selected zones in us-central1. For the case of TRC participants, you need to reach out to the TRC support if you need to use a large amount or more specific generations of Cloud TPU, provided the information about your project timeline, objectives and requirements. For more information and instructions on how to contact TRC support, visit this page: https://sites.research.google/trc/faq/

Hope this is useful!