InfoQ - VMWare https://www.infoq.com InfoQ VMWare feed Google Cloud Adds Self-Managed VMware Cloud Foundation on Bare Metal https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/11/google-cloud-self-managed-vmware/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=VMWare <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/11/google-cloud-self-managed-vmware/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1793604325753.jpg"/><p>Google Cloud has made a self-managed VMware solution generally available, running VMware Cloud Foundation 9.x on dedicated Z3 bare metal with root access across ESXi, vCenter and NSX in 22 regions. It sits beside the Google-managed VMware Engine and matches customer-operated offerings from AWS and Oracle, shifting lifecycle, patching and Broadcom licensing back to the customer.</p> <i>By Steef-Jan Wiggers</i> Infrastructure Google Cloud VMWare Cloud Computing Hardware Cloud Development Architecture & Design DevOps news Sun, 08 Nov 2026 07:16:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/11/google-cloud-self-managed-vmware/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=VMWare Steef-Jan Wiggers 2026-11-08T07:16:00Z /news/2026/11/google-cloud-self-managed-vmware/en