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Broadcom VCF Licensing Change Affects VMware Engine

🔔 Broadcom is changing its VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) licensing for hyperscalers to an exclusive bring-your-own subscription model effective November 1, 2025. For Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) customers this means future clusters will require purchasing portable VCF subscriptions directly from Broadcom and using GCVE’s existing BYOL option. Google introduced a BYOL path for GCVE in 2024 and notes the managed service itself remains unchanged. Transition rules and timing differ for committed use discounts and on-demand nodes, so customers should review their commitments.