Announcing new Confidential Computing updates for even more hardware security options

Google Cloud is committed to ensuring the safety and security of customer data through Confidential Computing, which protects data while it's being used and processed with a hardware-based Trusted Execution Environment. Google has been investing in Confidential Computing products and solutions for over four years and has added new capabilities to enhance the security and confidentiality of customer workloads. The company has announced the general availability of several new Confidential Computing options, including Confidential VM with AMD SEV on the C3D machine series, Confidential VM with Intel TDX on the C3 machine series, and Confidential VM with AMD SEV-SNP on the N2D machine series. These Confidential VMs use hardware-based memory encryption to ensure data and applications can't be read or modified while in use. Confidential VMs with AMD SEV on the C3D machine series are available in all regions and zones that have C3D machines, while Confidential VMs with Intel TDX on the C3 machine series are available in the asia-southeast1, us-central1, and europe-west4 regions. Confidential VMs with AMD SEV-SNP on the N2D machine series are available in the asia-southeast1, us-central1, europe-west3, and europe-west4 regions. Google has also announced a significant security enhancement to its Confidential VMs powered by AMD SEV-SNP and Intel TDX technologies, which includes signed launch measurements to add an extra layer of protection against unauthorized modifications or tampering. Additionally, the Google Cloud attestation service now supports Confidential VM with AMD SEV, allowing customers to use the service to verify the authenticity and integrity of their Confidential VMs. Customers can get started with Confidential VMs by creating a Confidential VM and learning more about the pricing and features of these services. Confidential VM pricing incurs additional costs on top of Compute Engine pricing, with flat rate per-vCPU and per-GB costs that vary depending on the Confidential Computing technology used.