Availability of a3-edgegpu-8g

[rcampos2020]

I am unable to create instances using the A3  edge instance type, documented here. I am using the following gcloud command to list all A3 instance types:

```

gcloud compute machine-types list --filter="name~a3"

```

The result does not list any entries for edge instance types. I am unable to find it using the UI as well. Has this type been discontinued, or is no longer available in their original regions?

[nmagcalengjr]

Hi @rcampos2020,

Welcome to Google Cloud Community!

The A3 Edge machine type, including the a3-edgegpu-8g, are optimized for ML (Machine Learning) workloads and support NVIDIA H100 GPUs and it may not appear in your gcloud command or the Google Cloud Console. However, its availability depends on specific regions and zones, and it may not be visible in your gcloud output or the UI if it is not supported in your project's region or if quotas for GPUs are not enabled.

You can explore their GPU availability by regions and zones and learn about setting up A3 instances in the GCP documentation​.

You can also refer to these documentations, which might help for future reference.

• GPU Quota
• GPU Regions and Zones
• GPU Machine Types

If you have any more concerns or questions, you may reach out to Google Cloud Support for further assistance. 

I hope the above information is helpful.