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IP addresses

Static and ephemeral external addresses, idle or not.

External IP Address

Google charges for external IP addresses by the hour, and charges more for a reserved address sitting idle than for one attached to a running instance. That inversion is deliberate: it is a nudge to release addresses you are hoarding.

Billed: Per address-hour. Reserved addresses that are NOT attached to a running resource are charged at a higher rate than attached ones.