Nutanix Government Cloud Clusters (GC2) on AWS 

Nutanix Government Cloud Clusters (GC2) delivers the full Nutanix Cloud Platform directly into AWS GovCloud—enabling qualified US federal, state, and private entities, to extend on-premises workloads to a compliant public cloud without refactoring or rearchitecting. GC2 provides a secure option for public cloud adoption benefiting US public entities and their contractors that are required to manage controlled and classified data. IT teams maintain consistent operations, security policies, and processes whether workloads run on-premises, at the edge, or in AWS GovCloud. 

GC2 accelerates hybrid cloud adoption while solving three critical challenges: cost-effective cloud migration and modernization, disaster recovery for business and mission continuity, and on-demand capacity expansion. Organizations gain cloud agility and scalability while continuing to benefit from the hardened security posture, and operational control that Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) provides. GC2 allows these organizations to take advantage of the AWS GovCloud security features. 

Product Use Cases

Features/Capabilities

Hybrid Cloud Management

• Simplify app, data, and security management with a single operating model across clouds.
• Maintain the security advantages of on-premises deployments while providing cloud agility and scalability needed for mission critical applications.
• Move workloads across your on-premises locations and AWS GovCloud seamlessly without code changes.
• Utilize AWS accounts for streamlined migration and integration between existing apps and AWS GovCloud services without complex setups. 
• Create multi-tiered disaster recovery (DR) between on-premises and AWS GovCloud regions with options for short Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) and fast Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs). 

Infrastructure Intelligence

• Simplify cloud operations and lifecycle management across on-premises, edge and public cloud.
• Build clusters in AWS GovCloud without requiring external connectivity.
• Bolster infrastructure resilience against unplanned outages.
• Achieve mission-ready application performance, resilience, and data retention with AWS bare-metal.

Flexibility and Efficiency

• Move applications between on-premises and GC2 on AWS GovCloud for flexible workload placement. 
• Take advantage of an AWS compliant environment with the ability to easily shift Nutanix licenses from on-premises nodes to AWS GovCloud instances.
• Choose from various AWS GovCloud bare-metal instance types offering varied CPUs, memory, and storage. 

Seamless Procurement and Support

GC2 is available across AWS US regions with joint Nutanix and AWS customer support.  

Simplify procurement by purchasing Nutanix software through the AWS Marketplace and applying your AWS spend commitments to both software and bare-metal instances. Existing Nutanix customers can transfer on-premises licenses to GC2 for maximum flexibility. 

_{Figure 1: Choice of available GC2 on AWS US regions}

Resources and Getting Started

Ready to Accelerate Your Cloud Migration?

Nutanix GC2 delivers the security and control your mission demands with AWS GovCloud agility. GC2 places control of all orchestration intelligence inside your AWS environment, with no need to share AWS credentials or maintain connectivity to SaaS endpoints. You retain ownership of your credentials with no external dependencies, and operate your Nutanix clusters entirely within your own AWS VPC. 

Contact your Nutanix or AWS account manager to learn more.

Learn More: 

www.nutanix.com/federal 
www.nutanix.com/gc2
aws.amazon.com/govcloud-us

info@nutanix.com | www.nutanix.com | @nutanix 
_{©2025 Nutanix, Inc. All rights reserved. Nutanix, the Nutanix logo and all product and service names mentioned herein are registered trademarks or trademarks of Nutanix, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective holder(s).}