At universities, research and collaboration are fundamental, and it's important for Google Cloud tools to support this work seamlessly. When it comes to internet egress, institutions often face challenges such as the fact that costs can be hard to predict, especially in areas like high performance computing, machine learning, and IoT.
We want to remove friction with egress. For Internet2 Higher Education members, members of the GÉANT NRENs (National research and education network) through OCRE, and other education institutions in the rest of the world, Google waives internet egress fees calculated at list prices, up to a maximum of 15% of the total monthly Google Cloud fees. This applies to Internet egress SKUs for App Engine, API Gateway, Artifact Registry, Cloud Bigtable, Cloud Functions, Cloud Healthcare API, Cloud Run, Cloud Spanner, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, Cloud Tasks, Compute Engine, Pub/Sub, and Remote Build Execution.
Eligibility
To receive the egress discount for Google Cloud, institutions must meet the following eligibility requirements.
| Institution | Internet2 Higher Education member, member of the GÉANT NRENs, or your National Research and Education Network (NREN) |
| Role | Faculty, administrators, and academic researchers using Google Cloud |
| Network | Must route at least 80% of egress from Google Cloud through direct peering with Google, Cloud Interconnect links, or through Internet2 or Internet2 connector networks. |
| Workload Types | Allowed
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How to get the egress discount
Eligibility. Check that your organization is included on the list of Internet2 Higher Education members or is a member of the GÉANT NRENs Outside of Europe and the USA, you must be a nationally recognised and registered educational or not-for-profit research organisation. Egress is available on request when procuring Google Cloud through a contract - the egress waiver is not available for pay-as-you-go customers (for example, when paid with credit card).
In the US. Join the Internet2 NET+ Google Cloud offering. To get started, contact us at I2netplus@google.com. After an Internet2 NET+ Google Cloud agreement is in place, Internet2 and Carahsoft can enable the egress discount.
In Europe and countries covered by GÉANT, you will automatically receive the egress waiver when procuring through the OCRE framework.
In the rest of the world, you should ask your Google reseller to enable the egress waiver as you start or renew your next contract.
Disproportionate usage
If egress usage exceeds 15% of the total monthly Google Cloud fee, Google will follow up with the institution directly or through your reseller. Should the customer be found to be in breach of the "Network" or "Workload Types" terms, Google reserves the right to revoke the discount.
Qualifying traffic definition
For qualifying SKUs, Google waives internet egress fees calculated at list prices, up to a maximum of 15% of the total monthly Google Cloud fees.
About qualifying SKUs
Qualifying SKUs are Internet egress SKUs originating in the United States for Internet2 customers, or from Europe for OCRE customers. The following Google Cloud products offer SKUs included in the egress discount program:
Non-internet egress products are NOT included (such as inter-region, inter-zone, Dedicated Interconnect, and CDN).
SKUs included in the program are subject to change.
If a new SKU is added, you automatically receive the SKU discount on your next billing cycle.
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