HPC on Google Cloud: Comprehensive Capabilities, Supercomputing Scale, and AI-Accelerated Innovation
June 16, 2026
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Online
June 16, 2026
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Online
About the Session
Join us for a comprehensive update on how Google Cloud is revolutionizing High-Performance Computing (HPC) in the cloud. This session will showcase the latest Google and partner advancements across in Google Cloud, designed to accelerate your scientific and engineering breakthroughs via our workload-optimized HPC technologies, solutions and usage models. We will show how these comprehensive supercomputing-class capabilities are further augmented with Google’s cutting-edge AI to empower users, developers, workflows, and organizations that depend on HPC for innovation and competitive advantages.
We will cover:
Diverse & Optimized Compute: Discover our range of workload-optimized Virtual Machines (VMs), including the latest CPUs, a wide range of GPUs, and Google’s own TPUs, along with flexible OS options suitable for various HPC workloads.
Low Latency Networking: Learn about our high-performance networking fabric, featuring Cloud RDMA, NVIDIA networking, and TPU optical networks, designed to ensure tightly-coupled applications run efficiently at scale.
High-Performance Storage: Explore our scalable storage solutions, including fully managed Google Cloud Managed Lustre and support for key third-party offerings, to eliminate I/O bottlenecks.
Simplified Cluster Management & Usage: See how tools like Google Cloud Cluster Toolkit and Cluster Director streamline the deployment, configuration, and management of production-ready HPC environments.
Cost-Effective Consumption Models: Understand how to optimize and reduce costs with various models, including Committed Use Discounts (CUDs), FlexCUDs, Dynamic Workload Scheduler (DWS), and cost-effective Spot VMs.
Rich Software Ecosystem: Explore how easily you can access and utilize a wide array of programming tools and math libraries, and integrate your preferred third-party and open-source applications.
Proven Performance: See performance results showcasing Google Cloud's capabilities for demanding HPC workloads, demonstrating that Google Cloud HPC solutions can deliver performance comparable to on-prem HPC systems.
Debunking Cloud HPC Myths: Get clear facts that dispel common misconceptions about the costs, performance, and scaling limitations of running HPC in the cloud.
Speaker
Jay Boisseau
Advanced Computing Strategist, Google Cloud
Jay Boisseau is an advanced computing strategist at Google, where he manages a strategic initiative to make Google Cloud the best platform for scientific/technical computing and leads the Google Cloud Advanced Computing Community. He is an experienced leader in HPC and advanced computing technologies, with 30 years of experience developing and leading programs in academia and industry. His previous experience includes founding and leading the Texas Advanced Computing Center to global prominence, and providing strategic planning and special projects in HPC at Dell Technologies. Jay also leads the Austin Forum on Technology & Society, founded the Austin AI Alliance, and is the lead founder and owner of Remedy bar in Austin (where he conducts lots of tech meetings and events so it aligns). He earned his doctorate from UT Austin in astronomy, which led him into supercomputing and technologies.