GCP Updates 2026-06-05 | Cloud Provider News

BigQuery billing gets a more efficient model for autoscaling

BigQuery just made fluid scaling generally available, and the big win here is per-second billing with no minimum duration for autoscaling reservations. That means workloads can scale more granularly without running into minimum-billing inefficiencies on autoscaled slots.

Flexible capacity options arrive for Compute Engine

Compute Engine now supports Flex-start VMs in managed instance groups. MIGs can create partial VM capacity as it becomes available, and Flex-start VMs can run for up to seven days.