Accelerating discovery at the speed of cloud: What’s New for HPC at Google Cloud for SC25

With the pace of scientific discovery moving faster than ever, we’re excited to join the supercomputing community as it gets ready for its annual flagship event, SC25, in St. Louis from November 16-21, 2025. There, we’ll share how Google Cloud is poised to help with our lineup of HPC and AI technologies and innovations, helping researchers, scientists, and engineers solve some of humanity's biggest challenges.

Redefining supercomputing with cloud-native HPC

Supercomputers are evolving from a rigid, capital-intensive resource into an adaptable, scalable service. To go from “HPC in the cloud” to “cloud-native HPC,” we leverage core principles of automation and elastic infrastructure to fundamentally change how you consume HPC resources, allowing you to spin up purpose-built clusters in minutes with the exact resources you need. 

This cloud-native model is very flexible. You can augment an on-premises cluster to meet peak demand or build a cloud-native system tailored with the right mix of hardware for your specific problem — be it the latest CPUs, GPUs, or TPUs. With this approach, we’re democratizing HPC, putting world-class capabilities into the hands of startups, academics, labs, and enterprise teams alike. 

Key highlights at SC25:

• Next-generation infrastructure: We’ll be showcasing our latest H4D VMs, powered by 5th generation AMD EPYC processors and featuring Cloud RDMA for low-latency networking. You’ll also see our latest accelerated compute resources including A4X and A4X Max VMs featuring the latest NVIDIA GPUs with RDMA.

• Powering your essential applications: Run your most demanding simulations at massive scale — from Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) with Ansys, to Computer-Aided Engineering with Siemens, computational chemistry with Schrodinger, and risk modeling in FSI.

• Dynamic Workload Scheduler: Discover how Dynamic Workload Scheduler and its innovative Flex Start mode, integrated with familiar schedulers like Slurm, is reshaping HPC consumption. Move beyond static queues toward flexible, cost-effective, and efficient access to high-demand compute resources. 

• Easier HPC with Cluster Toolkit: Learn how Cluster Toolkit can help you deploy a supercomputer-scale cluster with less than 50 lines of code.

• High-throughput, scalable storage: Get a deep dive into Google Cloud Managed Lustre, a fully managed, high-performance parallel file system that can handle your most demanding HPC and AI workloads.

• Hybrid for the enterprise: For our enterprise customers, especially in financial services, we're enabling hybrid cloud with IBM Spectrum Symphony Connectors, allowing you to migrate or burst workloads to Google Cloud and reduce time-to-solution.

AI-powered scientific discovery

There’s a powerful synergy between HPC and AI — where HPC builds more powerful AI, and AI makes HPC faster and more insightful. This complementary relationship is fundamentally changing how research is done, accelerating discovery in everything from drug development and climate modeling to new materials and engineering. At Google Cloud, we’re at the forefront of this transformation, building the models, tools, and platforms that make it possible. 

What to look for: 

• AI for scientific productivity: We’ll be showcasing Google’s suite of AI tools designed to enhance the entire research lifecycle. From Idea Generation agent to Gemini Code Assist with Gemini Enterprise, you’ll see how AI can augment your capabilities and accelerate discovery. 
• AI-powered scientific applications: Learn about the latest advancements in our AI-powered scientific applications including AlphaFold 3 and Weather Next
• The power of TPUs: Explore Google's TPUs, including the latest seventh-generation Ironwood model, and discover how they can enhance AI workload performance and efficiency.

Join the Google Cloud at SC25: At Google Cloud, we believe the cloud is the supercomputer of the future. From purpose-built HPC and AI infrastructure to quantum breakthroughs and simplified open-source tools, let Google Cloud be the platform for your next discovery.

We invite you to connect with our experts and learn more. Join the Google Cloud Advanced Computing Community to engage in discussions with our partners and the broader HPC, AI, and quantum communities.

We can’t wait to see what you discover.

See us at the show:

• Visit us in booth #3724: Stop by for live demos of our latest HPC and AI solutions, including Dynamic Workload Scheduler, Cluster Toolkit, our latest AI agents, and even see our TPUs. Our team of experts will be on hand to answer your questions and discuss how Google Cloud can meet your needs.
• Attend our technical talks: Keep an eye on our SC25 schedule for Google Cloud presentations and technical talks, where our leaders and partners will share deep dives, insights, and best practices.
• Passport program: Grab a passport card from the Google booth and visit our demos, labs, and talks to collect stamps and learn about how we’re working with organizations across the HPC ecosystem to democratize HPC. Come back to the Google booth with your completed passport card to choose your prize!
• Play a game: Join us in the Google booth and at our events to enjoy some Gemini-driven games — test your tech trivia knowledge or compete head-to-head with others to build the best LEGO creation!
• Join our community kickoff: Are you a member of the Google Cloud Advanced Computing Community? Secure your spot today for our SC25 Kickoff Happy Hour!
• Celebrate with NVIDIA and Google Cloud: We’re proud to co-host a reception with NVIDIA, and we look forward to toasting another year of innovation with our customers and partners. Register today to secure your spot!