Containers & Kubernetes
News, updates, and best practices for running containers and Kubernetes on Google Cloud.
News in short
A quick take on updates, announcements, resources, events, and learning opportunities from Google Cloud in one handy location. Updated weekly.
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Containers & Kubernetes
Agent Sandbox on GKE is now available for everyone, and a first look at Agent Substrate
By Brandon Royal • 5-minute read
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Containers & Kubernetes
With faster node startup for GKE, say goodbye to cold-start latency
By Eyal Yablonka • 4-minute read
](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/gke-node-startup-gets-faster)
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Containers & Kubernetes
What’s new in GKE at Next ‘26
By Drew Bradstock • 6-minute read
](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/whats-new-in-gke-at-next26)
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Security & Identity
Guardrails at the gateway: Securing AI inference on GKE with Model Armor
By Sunny Song • 5-minute read
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Containers & Kubernetes
New GKE Cloud Storage FUSE Profiles take the guesswork out of configuring AI storage
By Nishtha Jain • 4-minute read
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Networking
Envoy: A future-ready foundation for agentic AI networking
By Yan Avlasov • 13-minute read
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Containers & Kubernetes
Run real-time and async inference on the same infrastructure with GKE Inference Gateway
By Poonam Lamba • 5-minute read
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Containers & Kubernetes
Uplevel your workload scaling performance with GKE active buffer
By Bo Fu • 4-minute read
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Containers & Kubernetes
DRA: A new era of Kubernetes device management with Dynamic Resource Allocation
By Morten Torkildsen • 5-minute read
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Containers & Kubernetes
The open platform for the AI era: GKE, agents, and OSS innovation at KubeCon EU 2026
By Abdel Sghiouar • 5-minute read