Canonical Partners with Google Cloud to Offer Ubuntu on ARM-Based T2A VMs | Linux Today

Canonical Partners with Google Cloud to Offer Ubuntu on ARM-Based T2A VMs

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Marius Nestor
Jul 14, 2022

Canonical and Google Cloud have formed a partnership where users would benefit from running the Ubuntu Linux operating system on a secure, scalable, and highly cost-effective cloud infrastructure.

The two companies have worked on an optimized Ubuntu image that fits perfectly on the preview of Tau T2A virtual machines (VMs) based on the Ampere Altra ARM architecture on Google Compute Engine (GCE).

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Marius Nestor

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