gcloud compute tpus accelerator-types describe

NAME

gcloud compute tpus accelerator-types describe - describe an accelerator type available for Cloud TPUs

SYNOPSIS

gcloud compute tpus accelerator-types describe (ACCELERATOR_TYPE : --zone=ZONE) [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

DESCRIPTION

Get details on an accelerator type.

To get a list of available accelerator types for your location run:

gcloud compute tpus accelerator-types list

EXAMPLES

The following command describes the v3-8 accelerator types running in zone us-central1-b:

gcloud compute tpus accelerator-types describe v3-8 --zone=us-central1-b

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

Accelerator type resource - The accelerator type you want to describe. The arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.

To set the project attribute:

provide the argument accelerator_type on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --project on the command line;
set the property core/project.

This must be specified.

ACCELERATOR_TYPE

ID of the accelerator_type or fully qualified identifier for the accelerator_type.

To set the accelerator_type attribute:

provide the argument accelerator_type on the command line.

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.

--zone=ZONE

The compute/zone of the Cloud TPU. If not specified, will use default compute/zone. To set the zone attribute:

provide the argument accelerator_type on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --zone on the command line;
set the property compute/zone.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS

These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account, --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format, --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet, --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.

Run $ gcloud help for details.

API REFERENCE

This command uses the tpu/v1 API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/tpu/

NOTES

These variants are also available:

gcloud alpha compute tpus accelerator-types describe

gcloud beta compute tpus accelerator-types describe

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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.