ITS Private Cloud Rate Changes - 2026
As part of our commitment to delivering reliable, secure, and cost-recovered infrastructure services, the ITS Private Cloud team will be updating resource rates effective May 1, 2026. These adjustments reflect rising vendor licensing costs, hardware upgrades and maintenances, while ensuring we continue to provide high-value, on-premises cloud solutions that support U of T compute, storage and Artificial Intelligence workloads.
Configuration | Description | Current Pricing (per year) | Effective May 1, 2026 (per year) |
|---|---|---|---|
Processing | vCPU | $82.50 | $86.63 |
Memory | vRAM (per GB) | $82.50 | $86.63 |
Memory (Reserved) | vRAM Reserved (per GB) | $182.50 | $191.63 |
Virtual GPU | NVIDIA GPU L4 with (per GB) NVIDIA AI Enterprise Essentials | $180.00 | $250.00 |
Storage Tier 1 | HDD (per GB) | $0.25 | $0.28 |
Storage Tier 2 | SSD (per GB) | $0.65 | $0.72 |
Storage Tier 3 | iSCSI (per GB) | $0.80 | $0.88 |
UTORrecover Support | License, maintenance and support per Host (per host) | $275.0 | $295.63 |
UTORrecover Protected Data | Backed Up Data (per GB) | $1.25 | $1.35 |
The updated pricing reflects:
Vendor licensing increases (e.g., VMware, NVIDIA AI Enterprise).
Hardware lifecycle and support costs to sustain enterprise-class infrastructure.
Service Improvements such software ecosystem maintenance and support.
Next Steps
The new rates will take effect on May 1, 2026.
All usage reporting and billing cycles after this date will reflect the updated pricing.
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