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Nutanix Government Cloud Clusters (GC2)

Nutanix Government Cloud Clusters on AWS GovCloud or European Sovereign Cloud

Maintain secure isolation from the public internet by utilizing AWS GovCloud or European Sovereign Cloud, with consistent management across AWS and your on-premises locations.

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Why Government Cloud Clusters


Making Secure Hybrid Cloud Easy

Nutanix Government Cloud Clusters (GC2) enables you to run your applications in AWS GovCloud or European Sovereign Cloud using the same Nutanix platform that you run on-premises in your data center and edge environments.

Accelerate Migration and Modernization

Quickly migrate apps and data to AWS with managed risk and modernize with Nutanix services and native cloud services.

Simplify Cloud Operations 

Standardize operations with familiar Nutanix workflows for consistent management, governance, and security across AWS and on-premises locations.

Optimize Cloud Efficiency

Optimize performance and costs with intelligent workload placement that minimizes waste, reduces latency, and maximizes resource utilization.

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GC2 on AWS Use Cases

Cloud Migration

Cloud Migration

Accelerate your cloud journey by seamlessly moving apps and data to AWS quickly without refactoring or lengthy hardware delays.

  • Applications:Citrix, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, SAP, Splunk, VMware
  • Government:Federal, State & Local
  • Industries:Government
  • Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI):Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)
  • Products:Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
  • Use Cases:Databases & DBaaS, Hybrid Multicloud

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Cloud Disaster Recovery

Cloud Disaster Recovery

Avoid the cost and complexity of maintaining on-premises disaster recovery sites with GC2 for on-demand elasticity to AWS.

  • Applications:Citrix, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, SAP, Splunk, VMware
  • Government:Federal, State & Local
  • Industries:Government
  • Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI):Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)
  • Products:Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
  • Use Cases:Databases & DBaaS, Hybrid Multicloud

6 January 2025

Datacenter Extension

Datacenter Extension

Expand capacity quickly with GC2 to support business or mission surges, contractor onboarding, dev/test workloads, and VDI—then scale back when demand subsides.

  • Applications:Citrix, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, SAP, Splunk, VMware
  • Government:Federal, State & Local
  • Industries:Government
  • Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI):Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)
  • Products:Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
  • Use Cases:Databases & DBaaS, Hybrid Multicloud

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Application Modernization

Application Modernization

Modernize your apps across the cloud, datacenter and at the edge with GC2 and integrate with native AWS services.

  • Applications:Citrix, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, SAP, Splunk, VMware
  • Government:Federal, State & Local
  • Industries:Government
  • Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI):Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)
  • Products:Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
  • Use Cases:Databases & DBaaS, Hybrid Multicloud

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Key Features

Native AWS Networking

Run GC2 in your existing AWS GovCloud or European Sovereign Cloud accounts and VPCs, eliminating the need to manage complex and costly networking integration while providing performance benefits.

Regional Availability

GC2 can be deployed in the US regions us-east and us-west in AWS GovCloud and coming soon in the European Sovereign Cloud.

Flexible Bare-Metal Configurations

GC2 on AWS can be deployed on a choice of node types, including compute or storage heavy, and NVMe high performance storage nodes.

Nutanix UI for Clusters AWS Govcloud
VMware Cloud to Nutanix on AWS Promotion

How Does Government Cloud Clusters Work

 

Deploy a GC2 Cluster on AWS GovCloud

See how to deploy GC2 to not only understand the process, but also gain confidence in maintaining a secure, repeatable setup for future clusters on AWS GovCloud.

 

Deploy Management and Scale Clusters

Deploy Prism Central as your control plane for managing government workloads, configure AWS security groups correctly, and see how InfraManager handles cluster scaling in a government cloud environment.

Top Resources

AWS: Accelerate Federal Cloud Migration

Explore the architecture, AWS EC2 instances, security and compliance, and migration paths of GC2 on AWS GovCloud.

Migrating Workloads to AWS Without Compromise

Learn how to gain on-demand scalability and cost optimization while keeping hardened security, data sovereignty, and control with Nutanix Government Cloud Clusters.

25 November 2025

Secure Architecture and Deployment Overview

Understand the architecture, networking, and deployment model, and how it accelerates hybrid cloud adoption while preserving your operational control and compliance.


Frequently Asked Questions

GC2 is the Nutanix Cloud Platform solution running in the customer’s AWS account. This is independent from the Nutanix NC2 offering.  GC2 does not require a hosted management component in the way that the Nutanix NC2 offering does.

GC2 utilizes AWS Bare Metal instances to run the Nutanix software, allowing you to deploy and manage Nutanix clusters directly within AWS while leveraging existing AWS networking and services. Gain immediate capacity without lengthy hardware delays.

Yes, you can use the available products and services in AWS and integrate them with workloads running on GC2.

Yes, you can use your existing Nutanix licenses on GC2 on AWS.

Customers that otherwise have the ability to use an AWS US GovCloud or European Sovereign Cloud environment will have the GC2 option available for use with their Nutanix licenses. It is suitable for any customer who meets this requirement.