The DigitalOcean Newsletter

Your monthly deep dive into all things DigitalOcean, including product updates, new tutorials, upcoming events, and more.

Deploy 2026, the conference for the inference era, is happening April 28 in San Francisco with keynotes streaming live. If running inference in production is one of your toughest problems, Deploy 2026 is built for you. Join Simon Mo (CEO, Inferact), Mark McQuade (CEO, Arcee), Oscar Wu (AI Research Technical Lead, Workato) and more AI-native leaders to see how DigitalOcean's inference-first cloud delivers predictable economics, operational clarity, and performance at scale. Register for free today to save your spot.

April 28, 2026 • Convene 100 Stockton • 12pm – 8pm PT

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DigitalOcean at NVIDIA GTC 2026: Building the AI Factory for the Agentic Era

Last week at NVIDIA GTC 2026, we unveiled the AI Factory: a purpose-built environment for the next generation of autonomous agents. Here’s what’s new:

• The Proven Home for AI Agents: Following 43,000+ OpenClaw deployments, we’ve launched NVIDIA NemoClaw and OpenShell to simplify running secure, always-on assistants. 
• The Richmond Data Center: Our newest facility engineered exclusively for AI, featuring NVIDIA HGX B300 systems and a 400 Gbps non-blocking RDMA fabric.
• Frictionless NVIDIA Partnership: Prototype on build.nvidia.com and deploy to DigitalOcean with 4x better performance on Blackwell GPUs and 3x lower costs via NVIDIA Dynamo 1.0.
• Expanded Model Catalog: We’ve added NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano, featuring a 1-million-token context window for elite agentic reasoning.
• 1 click NemoClaw (Alpha) Droplet: We’ve made deploying autonomous agents as easy as launching a standard Droplet. Developers can now spin up a pre-configured environment with all NVIDIA dependencies in minutes. Learn more to run your secure and self-evolving agents.

We’re removing infrastructure friction so you can focus on shipping. Read the full update on our blog.

Network File Storage standard tier and expanded availability

Announcing Network File Storage  (NFS) standard tier at $0.15 per GiB per month and expanded service availability in ATL1 , NYC2 and AMS3. Snapshots billed separately at $0.06 per GiB/month based on restorable file size. The standard tier offers cost-effective, shared storage specifically optimized for general-purpose tasks like web apps, CMS platforms, and legacy systems. For resource-heavy workloads like AI/ML or high-throughput analytics, the NFS High Performance Tier is recommended due to its superior scaling and data pipeline support.  Check out the blog to learn more and add Network File Storage.

• Building context-aware LLMs requires a solid knowledge base and retrieval framework. Read how LlamaIndex has emerged as an open-source option that uses context augmentation, flexible indexing, and integrations to deliver accurate, high-fidelity answers. 
• Evaluating cloud providers and choosing the most suitable one for your organization requires research and understanding the options available on the market. Check out our guide on 2026 cloud service providers for business infrastructure to start your journey.   
• Platform-as-a-Service is essential for application development and deployment for users who don’t want to deal with infrastructure management, but not all providers are the same. Learn the differences and main features in our Platform-as-a-Service providers roundup for 2026. 
• AI inference is integral to real-time AI applications and the deployment of machine learning models. Get a rundown of what it is, its benefits and challenges, and key performance indicators to use during evaluation.  
• NVIDIA’s recently announced NemoClaw provides extra security for developers who want to run OpenClaw. Walk through how to deploy NemoClaw on DigitalOcean Droplets within a few steps.   
• AI agent development is seeing a rise in multi-agent systems, which can bring potential benefits but require a different tech stack. Get guidance on setting up infrastructure for multi-agents that runs effectively and efficiently. 
• Learn how to significantly reduce query latency and resource consumption by implementing strategic indexing in your Node.js and MongoDB applications.
• Build the foundation for agentic AI by learning how to deploy a scalable Model Context Protocol (MCP) server on DigitalOcean.

Shape the Future of DigitalOcean! Got a brilliant idea for the next big feature? Head over to ideas.digitalocean.com, drop your suggestion, and cast your vote on the community‑driven roadmap. Every vote fuels a customer‑led product plan, giving you a direct line to the innovations you truly need. And the best part? When your voted‑for improvement ships, you’ll get an instant notification—so you’re always the first to benefit. Join thousands of tech‑savvy developers shaping the platform—your voice, your tools, your future.

Secure your future by migrating your Heroku apps to DigitalOcean

As Heroku enters "sustaining mode," your platform shouldn't stand still. DigitalOcean is the natural successor, with an App platform using the same Buildpacks you already rely on but with an aggressive roadmap for AI and modern runtimes like Bun. By migrating, you eliminate "marketplace markups" with first-party Managed Databases that are often 6x cheaper for High Availability. Our Heroku migration offer removes the risk with a dedicated "Safety Net" for large-scale moves, including 3 months of free credits and 1:1 expert migration support. Give your team the AI-ready platform and predictable pricing they need to keep innovating.

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NVIDIA NemoClaw 1-Click Droplet

NVIDIA NemoClaw is an open-source stack that enables the deployment of always-on autonomous agents from NVIDIA’s API catalog directly onto DigitalOcean GPU Droplets with a single command. This joint solution combines powerful NVIDIA-accelerated models with DigitalOcean’s simplified GPU infrastructure to remove the operational complexity of scaling full-stack AI agents. Deploy in a single click today. 

Sandfly Security delivers an agentless Linux security platform designed for safety and performance on all Linux systems. Quickly deployed as a Droplet 1-Click with advanced threat detection, incident response, and forensics capabilities, Sandfly significantly reduces the stability, performance, and compatibility risks that are associated with traditional agent-based approaches.