# \[RELEASE\] Added Support for GCP z3 Instance Family and n2d-highmem (us-east4) in ScyllaDB Cloud **URL:** https://forum.scylladb.com/t/release-added-support-for-gcp-z3-instance-family-and-n2d-highmem-us-east4-in-scylladb-cloud/5035 **Category:** Release Notes **Tags:** cloud, cloud-release **Created:** [August 4, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/release-added-support-for-gcp-z3-instance-family-and-n2d-highmem-us-east4-in-scylladb-cloud/5035 "2025-08-04T10:39:12Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Michael.Hollander](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.scylladb.com/michael.hollander/32/167_2.png) [@Michael.Hollander](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Michael.Hollander) #### Post date: [August 4, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/release-added-support-for-gcp-z3-instance-family-and-n2d-highmem-us-east4-in-scylladb-cloud/5035/1 "2025-08-04T10:39:12Z")
We’re excited to announce two enhancements to ScyllaDB Cloud: **✅ New z3 Instance Family Support** ScyllaDB Cloud now supports the z3 instance family, giving you access to high-memory, high-performance SSD-backed instances - ideal for I/O-intensive workloads. **Available Instance Types:** - z3-highmem-8-highlssd - z3-highmem-16-highlssd - z3-highmem-22-highlssd - z3-highmem-32-highlssd - z3-highmem-44-highlssd **Available Regions:** - us-central1 (Iowa) - us-west1 (Oregon) - us-east1 (South Carolina) - asia-south1 (Mumbai) - asia-southeast1 (Singapore) **✅ Expanded Support for n2d-highmem Instances** We’ve also expanded regional support for the `n2d-highmem` instance types — now available in **us-east4 (Northern Virginia)** in addition to [existing regions](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/release-added-support-for-n2d-highmem-and-n2d-standard-instance-types-in-scylladb-cloud/4823). To try these out, create a new cluster in ScyllaDB Cloud and choose your preferred region and instance type. We’d love to hear from you — let us know how these new options perform for your workloads!