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title: "Introducing Block Storage (Preview)"
date: 2024-03-01
tags: ["New"]
url: https://changelog.exoscale.com/introducing-block-storage-preview/
---
# Introducing Block Storage (Preview)

<p class=""><b>Block Storage</b> is now available in <b>Preview mode</b> for all customers. During Preview Block Storage can only be used in our <b>Geneva zone (CH-GVA-2). </b></p><div class="medium-insert-images"><figure class="">
    <img src="introducing-block-storage-preview-image-01.png" alt="Image #1" loading="lazy">
        
</figure></div><p class=""><a href="https://www.exoscale.com/block-storage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Block Storage</a> is the latest extension to our core infrastructure services and can be used as flexible, fast, and reliable <b>primary data storage</b>. Whether you need it for your I/O intensive applications, containerized applications or as a Persistant Volume Claim for Kubernetes, Block Storage is an additional option to extend storage options for your compute workloads.</p><p class="">Until General Availability (GA) the new service is <b>free to use</b>. GA is expected for the second quarter 2024 with activation of full SLAs and billing.</p>

[Block Storage Quick Start Guide](https://community.exoscale.com/documentation/block-storage/)