Instances GCP Compute Engine c4a-standard-72 c4a-standard-72
c4a-standard-72 is a GCP Compute Engine machine type with 72 vCPUs, 288 GiB memory (Google Axion). In Iowa it costs $3.233 per hour on demand ($2,359.94 per month) for Linux; a 1-year committed use discount costs $2.132 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $1.594 per hour. It is sold in 32 regions.
USD per hour, Linux. Committed use prices are billed monthly. Cheapest on-demand first.
Region On-demand Spot 1-yr committed use 3-yr committed use Iowa us-central1 $3.233 $1.594 $2.132 $1.455 South Carolina us-east1 $3.233 $1.594 $2.132 $1.455 Northern Virginia us-east4 $3.233 $1.926 $2.132 $1.455 Columbus us-east5 $3.233 $0.8348 $2.132 $1.389 Oregon us-west1 $3.233 $1.594 $2.132 $1.455 Mumbai asia-south1 $3.362 $1.352 $2.217 $1.514 Stockholm europe-north2 $3.394 $2.012 $2.239 $1.528 Netherlands europe-west4 $3.394 $0.4732 $2.239 $1.528 Mexico northamerica-south1 $3.524 $0.9112 $2.324 $1.586 Finland europe-north1 $3.56 $0.9132 $2.348 $1.602 Belgium europe-west1 $3.56 $1.588 $2.348 $1.602 Montréal northamerica-northeast1 $3.56 $1.636 $2.348 $1.602 Toronto northamerica-northeast2 $3.56 $1.635 $2.348 $1.602 Johannesburg africa-south1 $3.56 $1.605 $2.347 $1.602 Las Vegas us-west4 $3.641 $1.586 $2.401 $1.639 London europe-west2 $3.685 $1.801 $2.43 $1.658 Taiwan asia-east1 $3.743 $1.235 $2.469 $1.685 Madrid europe-southwest1 $3.815 $1.869 $2.516 $1.717 Frankfurt europe-west3 $3.815 $1.553 $2.516 $1.717 Dallas us-south1 $3.815 $1.272 $2.516 $1.717 Los Angeles us-west2 $3.886 $1.548 $2.563 $1.749 Warsaw europe-central2 $3.912 $1.017 $2.58 $1.761 Doha me-central1 $3.928 $1.491 $2.59 $1.768 Singapore asia-southeast1 $3.988 $2.393 $2.63 $1.795 Sydney australia-southeast1 $4.042 $0.8492 $2.665 $1.82 Tokyo asia-northeast1 $4.152 $1.947 $2.738 $1.869 Melbourne australia-southeast2 $4.202 $0.8829 $2.771 $1.891 Zurich europe-west6 $4.235 $1.188 $2.793 $1.906 Jakarta asia-southeast2 $4.347 $1.132 $2.867 $1.957 Santiago southamerica-west1 $4.623 $1.834 $3.049 $2.081 São Paulo southamerica-east1 $5.133 $1.949 $3.385 $2.311 Dammam me-central2 $5.174 $3.104 $3.412 $2.329
Compute Value vCPUs 72 Architecture arm64 Processor Google Axion
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 288
Networking Value Network Up to 50 Gbps
Storage Value Storage Network disks only Max persistent disks 128
Instance details Value Instance type c4a-standard-72 Family c4a Category General purpose
Other Value Series C4A Specs source Compute Engine API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Google Cloud Billing Catalog API. Compare all GCP Compute Engine sizes .