# Intel and Google signed a multi-year deal to keep Xeon in cloud infrastructure.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-04-14 · TechRadar*

## Key points

- Intel and Google signed a multi-year deal to keep Xeon CPUs in Google Cloud infrastructure.
- Google and Intel are co-developing custom IPUs to offload networking, storage, and security workloads.
- The agreement covers multiple Xeon generations, including systems for AI, inference, and general computing.
- Google Cloud's C4 and N4 instances already use Xeon 6 processors as part of this ongoing partnership.
- Custom IPUs will free Xeon CPUs for application execution, improving efficiency in large-scale AI deployments.

**Companies:** Intel, Google
**Countries:** United States

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