Google Cloud HPC & AI: 2026 Retrospective and GCACC in 2027
December 8, 2026
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
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About the Session
Join the Google Cloud Advanced Computing Community (GCACC) for our special 2026 end-of-year retrospective as we look back on a landmark year of scientific and computational breakthroughs on Google Cloud, and how this provides the most capable, integrated cloud platform for science and engineering in 2027.
This session will feature a conversation-style roundtable with four of Google Cloud's leading HPC product managers. The panel will discuss the major infrastructure milestones that became available in 2026—including our bare-metal H4D VMs (powered by AMD Turin and ultra-low-latency RDMA networking), Managed Lustre parallel file storage with advanced performance tiering, A4 VMs delivering live NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs to customer hands, the latest Google Axion processors and TPU v8 accelerators, and much more. We will discuss how this advanced HPC infrastructure is complemented by new frontier models like Gemini 4 Carbon and agentic science tools like Antigravity and AlphaEvolve, and how these infrastructure and AI together will enable customers like Citadel and NOAA to run massive-scale simulation, surrogate, and analytics applications and workflows seamlessly.
We will wrap up the session by reflecting on what made 2026 so impactful and sharing a fun "holiday challenge" to keep your skills sharp over the break. We will hint at what lies ahead—saving the major forward-looking product roadmaps, initiatives, and vision for Annie Ma-Weaver's highly anticipated kick-off session to start the year: Google Cloud in 2027.
Additionally, because GCACC is a true community of practice, we want to hear from you! During this session, we will be actively soliciting your suggestions, content requests, and format ideas to help us co-create the ultimate community experience for 2027.
Speakers
John Fonner
Product Manager, Google Cloud
As a Product Manager in the High Performance Computing group in Google Cloud, John Fonner is dedicated to making Google's planet-scale computing infrastructure the premier platform for public sector research. With nearly two decades of experience in scientific high-performance computing and a background in Biomedical Engineering, John has a proven track record of leading and contributing to large-scale cyberinfrastructure projects that broaden the reach of scientific resources and accelerate the pace of discovery. Prior to joining Google, John was the Director of Special Projects at the Texas Advanced Computing Center, where he led and contributed to numerous research and cyberinfrastructure projects funded by the NSF, NIH, DARPA, and others.
Megan Gawlik
Outbound Product Manager, Google Cloud
Wyatt Gorman
Product Manager, HPC, Google Cloud
Wyatt is a Product Manager for High Performance Computing at Google Cloud. In this role, he leads the development, launch, and landing of next-generation HPC solutions. Previously a Solutions Manager for HPC and AI Infrastructure, Wyatt brings a background in distributed computing and HPC to define product vision, create compelling narratives, and drive the creation of innovative product experiences. He collaborates with engineering and cross-functional teams to solve customer problems and shape the HPC product roadmap.
Dave Pellerin
HPC Product Management Group Leader, Google Cloud
Dave Pellerin leads Inbound Product Management for HPC at Google Cloud. He has decades of experience in digital design, embedded systems, and accelerated computing in a wide range of domains including electronic design automation, life sciences, and image processing. Dave is the author of five technical books related to digital design, high-level synthesis, and hardware-accelerated computing. He has been a frequent speaker at industry events including SC, SEMICON, Design Automation Conference, and the Embedded Systems Conference.
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