Changelog

GPU Servers now support GPU model and plan reconfiguration without reinstalling the server. You can shut the server down, select a different GPU model or plan, and boot it again without redeployment.

This enables a workflow where:

• Development can run on smaller GPUs, then move to larger GPU plans for deployment without rebuilding the server image or redoing the installation.
• You can switch to another GPU model or plan when your preferred GPU capacity is temporarily unavailable.

The feature supports all UpCloud GPU models and plans.

See the GPU Server configurations page for the full list of available plans.

SDN Firewall is now available for SDN Private Networks, giving you granular control over traffic entering and leaving your private network interfaces.

Firewall rules are enforced just before each Cloud Server, filtering traffic on its SDN network interfaces. You can group rules into reusable firewall rulesets and apply the same ruleset to multiple servers — making it straightforward to enforce consistent policies across a group of servers without duplicating configuration.

Key capabilities include:

• Inbound and outbound rules: Control traffic flowing into and out of each server's SDN interface independently, giving you precise security boundaries per server.
• Stateful filtering: Return traffic for established connections is automatically permitted, so you only need to define rules for the direction you want to control.
• Protocol and port matching: Write rules that match TCP, UDP, or ICMP traffic and scope them to specific port ranges for fine-grained access control.
• Shared rulesets: Define a ruleset once and attach it to any number of Cloud Servers, keeping security policies consistent and easy to update across your infrastructure.
• Default deny posture: You can configure to deny all traffic by default and explicitly allow only the connections your workloads require.

See the Firewall documentation for full details.

We are introducing spot pricing for GPU Servers, giving you access to the same high-performance hardware at a reduced cost for workloads that can tolerate interruptions.

Spot pricing is now available for NVIDIA L40S and NVIDIA B200 plans, both offered at a discount compared to standard on-demand pricing. Spot instances are identical to their on-demand counterparts in terms of hardware specifications and performance — the difference is that they can be reclaimed when capacity is needed, with a 30-second graceful shutdown notice. See Pricing for details.

Spot GPU Servers are a good fit for:

• Batch inference and data processing pipelines.
• Model training jobs that support checkpointing.
• Development, experimentation, and testing.
• Any GPU workload that can be interrupted and resumed.

Storage and IP addresses are preserved if a spot instance is stopped, so you can pick up where you left off when capacity becomes available again.

See the Spot instances page for full details on the termination mechanism, best practices, and how to get started.

We are excited to announce the launch of Workspaces Open Beta, a major architectural evolution designed to give businesses, growing teams, and partners complete control over their cloud environments. This update introduces a brand-new Organization framework that cleanly replaces subaccounts, offering robust resource isolation, flexible multi-tenant access, and enterprise-grade authentication.

Starting today, every new user signing up at the new signup page can seamlessly transition to logical environment separation while maintaining a unified overview of their infrastructure. If you want to migrate your existing UpCloud account to workspaces (created before workspaces), please contact our support.

Note that while Workspaces is fully functional, it is not yet recommended for production environments, and standard UpCloud SLAs do not apply.

Key Features in Open Beta

1. Centralized Multi-Workspace Structure

• Consolidated Environments: Transition from the old "Subaccounts" model to a modern Organization architecture. An Organization acts as your overarching umbrella entity, housing multiple separate Workspaces beneath it.
• Logical Resource Separation: Isolate environments. Each Workspace holds its own dedicated set of resources, allowing you to separate, for example, your development, staging and production environments.
• Seamless Multi-Tenant Access: A single personal user account can now belong to multiple distinct organizations or workspaces. Move between different environments effortlessly using a new sidebar dropdown menu in the UpCloud Hub.

2. Modernized Enterprise Authentication (SSO & OIDC)

• Standard Single Sign-On (SSO): Authenticate instantly using major third-party identity providers, including Google, GitHub, and Microsoft Entra ID.
• Custom Corporate IDPs: Organizations can securely connect their own custom OpenID Connect (OIDC)identity providers for streamlined corporate compliance and user lifecycle management.

3. Multi-Layered Access Governance

• Split Governance Roles: Access management is now cleanly divided into two layers: Organization roles and Workspace access levels.
  • Organization Level: Assign roles such as Org Owner, Admins, or Members to control broad organizational oversight and invitation privileges.
  • Workspace Level: Fine-tune permissions within specific workspaces by granting Owner access, Full access, or Limited access tiers.

Coming Soon (General Availability)

We are actively iterating on your feedback during this beta period. Our upcoming General Availability (GA) release will formally introduce the following features:

• Workspaces Permission: Improved and more granular access control for workspace members, including Read-only access roles.
• Multi-Org Support: The ability to create, manage, and toggle between multiple completely separate organizations from a single account.
• Workspaces Org-Level Billing: Consolidated billing and automated invoicing aggregates tailored at the root Organization level, eliminating manual calculations.
• Workspaces API Management: Full programmatic capabilities to create, modify, and delete workspaces via the UpCloud API

UpCloud File Storage with NFS has expanded to more locations:

• nl-ams1 (Amsterdam)
• de-fra1 (Frankfurt)
• fi-hel1 (Helsinki)
• fi-hel2 (Helsinki)
• us-nyc1 (New York)
• se-sto1 (Stockholm)

File Storage is a fully managed NFS service for SDN Private Networks, built for workloads that need shared access to the same data from multiple servers.

Main benefits include:

• Shared read/write access across multiple servers.
• Scalable capacity as your storage needs grow.
• Simple share management via the UpCloud Hub and API.

Learn more on the File Storage product page or get started with the setup guide.