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Provider news · March 2026

What the providers shipped

March 2026 saw DigitalOcean rolling out a plethora of updates that'll have some developers rubbing their eyes in disbelief. Finally, we have a single-node GPU worker option on DOKS, the NVIDIA B300, and Kubernetes control plane firewalls out of the gate. The launch of the Richmond region with GPU Droplets and Kubernetes is another step forward, but let's not forget the CSPM for resource misconfiguration detection or the new AMD MI350X GPUs for the die-hard AI enthusiasts. Meanwhile, Linode tiptoed around with its Kubernetes cluster management updates, adding support for v1.35 and managed databases now sporting PGBouncer connection pooling. The new IAM experience for parent and child accounts might actually make managing teams less of a headache. But honestly, DigitalOcean's nonstop feature parade feels like someone cranked up the pace just to prove they're still on top, while Linode shuffles at a measured pace.

DigitalOcean

  • Mar 31 DOKS NVIDIA B300 single-node — Single-node GPU worker option available by contract.
  • Mar 31 DOKS control plane firewalls GA — IP-based restriction of API-server access GA with auto worker-IP sync.
  • Mar 31 NVIDIA B300 GA in RIC1 — B300 GPU Droplets generally available in Richmond datacenter.
  • Mar 31 Updated NVIDIA AI/ML base image — DOCA, CUDA and kernel versions refreshed.
  • Mar 31 Cloud Security Posture Management GA — CSPM for resource misconfiguration detection generally available.
  • Mar 30 Private Droplets public preview — VPC-only Droplets with automatic NAT integration.
  • Mar 27 Container Registry automatic garbage collection (preview) — Background cleanup of unreferenced layers.
  • Mar 25 App Platform Scale to Zero (private preview) — Automatic sleep for unused services.
  • Mar 16 Richmond (RIC1) datacenter launch — New region supporting GPU Droplets and Kubernetes.
  • Mar 16 Dedicated Inference public preview — Managed GPU hosting for LLMs.
  • Mar 16 AMD MI350X GPUs in RIC1 — New GPU Droplet option available by contract.
  • Mar 13 Teams resource usage and limits visibility — Team owners can view resource capacity.
  • Mar 13 Functions namespace access keys — User-specific credentials per namespace.
  • Mar 12 NFS Standard and High Performance tiers — Two performance tier options for Network File Storage.
  • Mar 11 Teams dedicated contact emails — Separate billing and security contact emails.
  • Mar 3 Network File Storage in AMS3 — NFS expanded to the Amsterdam region.

Linode

  • Mar 31 Identity and Access in Akamai Cloud is generally available — IAM for Akamai Cloud reaches general availability.
  • Mar 31 Managed Databases with PGBouncer connection pooling — Managed Databases now offer PGBouncer connection pooling.
  • Mar 26 LKE updates — Kubernetes cluster management updates released.
  • Mar 23 New parent and child accounts experience — Improved parent/child account hierarchy experience in IAM.
  • Mar 16 Object Storage E3 endpoint now generally available in Tokyo — Object Storage E3 endpoint reaches GA in Tokyo.
  • Mar 12 LKE now supports Kubernetes v1.35 — Linode Kubernetes Engine adds support for Kubernetes v1.35.

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