Edge Cloud news: more regions and volume options available

At Gcore, we’re committed to delivering high-performance, globally distributed infrastructure that adapts to your workloads—wherever they run. This month, we’re excited to share major updates to our Edge Cloud platform: two new cloud IaaS regions in Europe and expanded storage options in São Paulo.

New IaaS regions in Luxembourg and Portugal available now

Luxembourg‑3 and Sines‑2 mark the next step in the Gcore mission to bring compute closer to users. From compliance-focused deployments in Central Europe to GPU‑powered workloads in the Iberian Peninsula, these new regions are built to support diverse infrastructure needs at scale.

Luxembourg‑3: expanding connectivity in Central Europe

We’re expanding our European footprint by opening an additional IaaS point of presence (PoP) in Luxembourg. Strategically located in the heart of Europe, this region offers low-latency connectivity across the EU and is a strong compliance choice for data residency requirements.

Here’s what’s available in Luxembourg‑3:

• Virtual Machines High-performance, reliable, and scalable compute power for a wide range of workloads - with free egress traffic and pay-as-you-go billing for active instances only.
• Volumes: Standard, High IOPS, and Low Latency block storage for any workload profile.
• Load Balancers Distribute traffic intelligently across instances to boost availability, performance, and fault tolerance.
• Managed Kubernetes Fully managed Kubernetes clusters with automated provisioning, scaling, and updates optimized for production-ready deployments.

Sines‑2, Portugal: a new hub for Southern Europe and a boost for AI workloads

We’re also opening a brand-new location: Sines‑2, Portugal. This location enhances coverage across Southern Europe and boosts our AI and compute capabilities with more GPU availability.

In addition to offering the same IaaS services as Luxembourg‑3, Sines‑2 also includes:

• H100 NVIDIA GPUs for AI/ML, high-performance computing, and rendering workloads.
• New VAST NFS Fileshare support for scalable, high-throughput file storage.

This new region is ideal for organizations looking to deploy close to the Iberian Peninsula, reducing latency for regional users while gaining access to powerful GPU resources.

Enhanced volume types in São Paulo

Volumes are the backbone of any cloud workload. They store the OS, applications, and essential data for your virtual machines. Developers and businesses building latency-sensitive or I/O-intensive applications now have more options in the São Paulo-2 region, thanks to two newly added volume types optimized for speed and responsiveness:

Low-latency volumes

Designed for applications where every millisecond matters, Low Latency Volumes are non-redundant block storage ideal for:

• ETCD clusters
• Transactional databases
• Other real-time, latency-critical workloads

By minimizing overhead and focusing on speed, this volume type delivers faster response times for performance-sensitive use cases. This block storage offers IOPS up to 5000 and an average latency of 300 microseconds.

High-IOPS volumes

For applications that demand both speed and resilience, High IOPS Volumes offer a faster alternative to our Standard Volumes:

• Higher IOPS and increased throughput
• Suitable for high-traffic web apps, analytics engines, and demanding databases

This volume type accelerates data-heavy workloads and keeps performance consistent under peak demand by delivering significantly higher throughput and IOPS. The block storage offers IOPS up to 9,000 and a 500 MB/s bandwidth limit.

Ready to deploy with Gcore?

These new additions help to fine-tune your performance strategy, whether you're optimizing for throughput, latency, or both.

From scaling in LATAM to expanding into the EU or pushing performance at the edge, Gcore continues to evolve with your needs. Explore our new capabilities in Luxembourg‑3, Sines‑2, and São Paulo‑2.

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