Google Cloud to Sunset Blockchain Node Engine and RPC Services

Google Cloud is exiting the blockchain node infrastructure business. The company announced it will fully terminate its Blockchain Node Engine and Blockchain RPC services on December 15, 2026.

The wind-down process is already underway. Since June 15, 2026, Google Cloud has stopped allowing the creation of new nodes or the provisioning of new RPC endpoints. Existing infrastructure will remain operational with limited support until the final shutdown date, at which point any remaining nodes and endpoints will be deleted.

Google has named Quicknode as its officially recommended infrastructure provider for teams needing to migrate. Customers can transition by provisioning services through the Quicknode listing on the Google Cloud Marketplace, which includes specific incentives, or by signing up directly on the Quicknode platform.

The migration process requires teams to provision replacement infrastructure, update RPC URLs and application configurations, and validate their workloads. While Google will automatically delete remaining RPC endpoints on the shutdown date, customers are responsible for manually deleting their own dedicated nodes.

Blockchain Node Engine previously provided managed full and archive nodes for Ethereum Mainnet, its testnets, Polygon, and Solana. The service also offered a shared Blockchain RPC service for Ethereum Mainnet and the Holesky testnet.

Engineering teams currently running production workloads on these services face a mandatory migration. Users of archive nodes, which store historical chain data, are advised to prioritize testing their new setups early due to the complexity of replicating historical data queries.

The partnership marks a significant distribution win for Quicknode, as it becomes the designated migration destination within Google’s official documentation.