Google Cloud adds TPU 8tx and 8i Max to eighth-generation lineup

[Google Cloud] Google Cloud said on November 9, 2026 that it is expanding its eighth-generation TPU portfolio with two additional systems: TPU 8i Max, aimed at massive context windows and the highest compute density per rack, and TPU 8tx, built for secure and confidential inference. According to Google Cloud, this is the first time it has introduced four TPU systems in a single year, following the April Google Cloud Next launch of TPU 8t for large-scale training and TPU 8i for real-time reasoning; the company said those two offer up to 2.7 times better training performance and 80% better inference price performance, respectively, versus its previous generation. Google Cloud said TPUs are now a rapidly growing business with nearly 100 customers, including frontier labs, trading firms, retailers and universities, and that customers can now deploy TPUs directly into their own data centers.