Compute Engine: Quota exceeded (regional limit) Google Cloud / Firebase Origin: Platform & cloud OSI layer 7 · Application Last updated 4 Nov 2026

Compute Engine: Quota 'N2_CPUS' exceeded. Limit: 24.0 in region europe-west1 / QUOTA_EXCEEDED

The project reached a regional Compute Engine quota (vCPUs per machine family, GPUs, disks, addresses).

Exact message you may see Quota 'N2_CPUS' exceeded. Limit: 24.0 in region europe-west1QUOTA_EXCEEDED Compute EngineQuota 'GPUS_ALL_REGIONS' exceededQuota 'DISKS_TOTAL_GB' exceededQuota 'STATIC_ADDRESSES' exceeded
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Meaning

Open IAM & Admin → Quotas and filter by the metric name in the message. Request an increase (approved automatically for small asks), delete unused resources, or use a different region. Per-family CPU quotas (N2_CPUS, C2_CPUS) differ from the global CPUS quota.

Common causes

  • Per-family CPU quota too low
  • Unused disks/IPs consuming quota
  • Several teams sharing the same project
  • Trial/new project defaults
  • GPU quota zero by default

⚡ Quick fix

  1. Request a quota increase for the named metric
  2. Remove unused VMs, disks and static IPs
  3. Use a different region or machine family

Detailed fix by platform

gcloud

  1. gcloud compute project-info describe --format="yaml(quotas)" and gcloud compute regions describe REGION --format="yaml(quotas)"

How to diagnose

  1. Metric — Which quota?
  2. Usage — Where is it used?
  3. Region — Alternatives?

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Origin: Platform & cloud. Errors that are often confused with or caused by this one (click to open):

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