Updated NVIDIA AI/ML Ready ( gpu-h100x1-base, gpu-h100x8-base ) Droplet base images are now available in the Control Panel and through the API.

v5 Droplet configurations are now available in the atl1, ric1, mkc1, and mem1 datacenters.

They run on 5th Generation AMD EPYC processors for higher per-core performance and let you size compute, memory, storage, and networking independently.

AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs are now available in MEM1 as Spot GPU Droplets in 1- and 8-GPU configurations.

Spot prices vary daily based on available capacity. For pricing, see Spot GPU Droplet pricing.

Spot GPU Droplets are now available in public preview for supported GPUs in single-GPU and 8-GPU configurations.

Pricing may change daily based on capacity.

DigitalOcean has patched “Safe RET” across our AMD Droplet fleet.

We applied the fix at the infrastructure level, and no customer action is required. For more information, see AMD’s security bulletin, AMD-SB-7061.

Ubuntu 25.10 has reached end of life.

Per our image deprecation policy, this image is available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove it from our platform.