Release Note
Last verified 25 Aug 2026
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. Choose Shared for shared vCPUs or General Purpose for dedicated vCPUs. v5 Droplets are billed per second at an hourly rate without a monthly usage cap.
DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) supports a subset of v5 configurations in these datacenters, with 50 GiB or 80 GiB boot disks. For details, see How to Create a Droplet, Choosing the Right CPU Droplet Plan, and Choosing the Right Kubernetes Plan.