HPC Cloud Updates WE 02 Nov 2025
Updates to AWS, Azure & GCP in the last week relevant for HPC practitioners. Surprisingly quiet week for being this close SC25 and re:Invent.
AWS
Still confused about the difference between PCS and Parallel Cluster? Yea I don’t blame you the names suck. In case Boof’s video wasn’t enough here’s a blog to make it clearer (also by Boof).
What’s the difference between AWS ParallelCluster and AWS Parallel Computing Service? | Amazon Web Services
It’s been a year since we announced AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS). In a way this is the third generation of Slurm-based HPC orchestrators that we’ve brought to you. We’ve learned much from helping customers deploy serious production workloads on AWS ParallelCluster, which itself grew from the foundations layed by CfnCluster – the open-source project […]
A new capacity topology reservation API for HPC instance types on EC2
Introducing the Capacity Reservation Topology API for AI, ML, and HPC instance types - AWS
Discover more about what’s new at AWS with Introducing the Capacity Reservation Topology API for AI, ML, and HPC instance types
New Regional Instances: r8i (and its flex cousin) now in London
Azure
Need a hand renewing certs in HPC Pack?
The Complete Guide to Renewing an Expired Certificate in Microsoft HPC Pack 2019 (Single Head Node) | Microsoft Community Hub
Managing certificates in an HPC Pack 2019 cluster is critical for secure communication between nodes. However, if your certificate has expired, your cluster…
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Google Cloud
Post Quantum Cryptography on Google Cloud
How we’re helping customers prepare for a quantum-safe future | Google Cloud Blog
Google has been working on quantum-safe computing for nearly a decade. Here’s our latest on protecting data in transit, digital signatures, and PKI.
