Archive of 2025 What’s new
Announcements from previous 2025 releases.
Contents
December 2025
The December 2025 release included:
Cloudflare service
To enhance security, availability, and performance, Kyndryl Cloud Uplift is adding Cloudflare on February 1, 2026.
If you have an on-premises firewall or other network architecture that requires configuration to allow access to Kyndryl Cloud Uplift IP addresses, we recommend adding the CloudFlare IP address ranges before February 1, 2026, to prevent any disruption of connectivity to Kyndryl Cloud Uplift.
New Kyndryl Cloud Uplift data centers
Kyndryl Cloud Uplift has expanded the Syndey region with the following new data centers:
- AU-Sydney-M-2 (sdm1r1)
- JP-Tokyo-M-1 (tym1r1)
For specific details about capbilities in the new regions, see Kyndryl Cloud Uplift service limits.
API name:sdm1r1Provider region:Australia EastGeographic location:Sydney, AUS
| vCPUs |
| Entitled Capacity |
| RAM |
| Storage |
| Disk size |
| Disk count |
| Disk sets |
| VIOS |
| x86 | Supported OS |
|---|
| 24 |
| - - |
| 512 GB |
| 4 TB |
| 4 TB |
| 15 |
| - - |
| - - |
Inbound
| Connection type | URL | IP Address | Port |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyndryl Cloud Uplift web interface | cloud.skytap.com | 199.204.216.130 | 443 |
| Browser access to VM desktops | srdc-au-sydney-m-2.skytap.com | 4.196.121.101 | 443 |
| Connectivity Checker | cloud.skytap.com/connectivity | 199.204.216.130 | 80 |
| Asset upload page | upload-au-sydney-m-2.skytap.com | 4.196.121.101 | 443 |
| Imports and exports | ftp-au-sydney-m-2.skytap.com | 4.197.250.10 | 22 |
| Published services | services-au-sydney-m-2.skytap.com | 4.197.56.41 | 8194 – 32767 |
| Speedtest | netgauge-au-sydney-m-2.skytap.com | 52.237.232.136 | 80 |
| VM thumbnail images | thumbnail-au-sydney-m-2.skytap.com | 4.196.121.101 | 443 |
Outbound
| Connection type | IP Address/Subnet |
|---|---|
| Traffic from VMs | 13.70.104.148/31 |
| Public IP addresses | 4.197.255.64/26 |
Cloudflare
To enhance performance and security, Kyndryl Cloud Uplift additionally uses Cloudflare IP address ranges to provide web services.
API name:tym1r1Provider region:Central IndiaGeographic location:Tokyo, JP
| vCPUs |
| Entitled Capacity |
| RAM |
| Storage |
| Disk size |
| Disk count |
| Disk sets |
| VIOS |
| x86 | Supported OS |
|---|
| 24 |
| - - |
| 512 GB |
| 4 TB |
| 4 TB |
| 15 |
| - - |
| - - |
| Power 10 | AIX/Linux |
|---|
| 32 |
| 20.48 |
| 1024 GB |
| 32 TB |
| 2 TB |
| 32 |
| 2 |
| dual |
| IBM i [P10] |
|---|
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 1024 GB |
| 32 TB |
| 2047 GB |
| 32 |
| 2 |
| dual |
| IBM i [P20] |
|---|
| 19 |
| 19 |
| 1024 GB |
| 32 TB |
| 2047 GB |
| 32 |
| 2 |
| dual |
Inbound
| Connection type | URL | IP Address | Port |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyndryl Cloud Uplift web interface | cloud.skytap.com | 199.204.216.130 | 443 |
| Browser access to VM desktops | srdc-jp-tokyo-m-1.skytap.com | 20.243.242.20 | 443 |
| Connectivity Checker | cloud.skytap.com/connectivity | 199.204.216.130 | 80 |
| Asset upload page | upload-jp-tokyo-m-1.skytap.com | 20.243.242.20 | 443 |
| Imports and exports | ftp-jp-tokyo-m-1.skytap.com | 20.37.102.126 | 22 |
| Published services | services-jp-tokyo-m-1.skytap.com | 74.176.64.110 | 8194 – 32767 |
| Speedtest | netgauge-jp-tokyo-m-1.skytap.com | 20.243.242.20 | 80 |
| VM thumbnail images | thumbnail-jp-tokyo-m-1.skytap.com | 74.226.128.174 | 443 |
Outbound
| Connection type | IP Address/Subnet |
|---|---|
| Traffic from VMs | 13.78.15.0/31 |
| Public IP addresses | 130.33.100.64/26 |
Cloudflare
To enhance performance and security, Kyndryl Cloud Uplift additionally uses Cloudflare IP address ranges to provide web services.
August 2025
The August 2025 release included:
IBM Power 10 in more regions
Kyndryl Cloud Uplift has expanded IBM Power 10 to the following additional regions:
- CN-HongKong-M-1 (hkm1r1)
- SG-Singapore-M-1 (sgm1r1)
- US-Virginia-M-2 (vgm1r1)
In addition to the increased performance of the Power 10 platform, the Kyndryl Cloud Uplift Power 10 offering provides new capabilities, including:
- Support for more memory and processors per LPAR.
- Dual VIOS.
- Support for IBM i 7.6.
For specific details about Power 10 availability, see Kyndryl Cloud Uplift service limits.
Replacement of IP addresses for Kyndryl Cloud Uplift and US-West region
On August 17, 2025, Kyndryl Cloud Uplift updated the IP addresses for the US-West region and the Kyndryl Cloud Uplift web interface. All existing domain names should resolve normally but if you currently have network firewall rules that specifically allow Kyndryl Cloud Uplift IP addresses, you must update the firewall rules to permit access to the new IP addresses.
For further details, see What IP addresses and port ranges does Kyndryl Cloud Uplift use?.
July 2025
The July 2025 release included:
IBM Power 10 in Amsterdam
Kyndryl Cloud Uplift now offers IBM Power 10 in the Amsterdam region (NL-Amsterdam-M-1).
In addition to the increased performance of the Power 10 platform, the Kyndryl Cloud Uplift Power 10 offering provides new capabilities, including:
- Support for more memory and processors per LPAR.
- Dual VIOS.
- Support for IBM i 7.6.
For specific details about Power 10 availability, see Kyndryl Cloud Uplift service limits.
Replacement of IP addresses for Kyndryl Cloud Uplift and US-West region
On August 17, 2025, Kyndryl Cloud Uplift will update the IP addresses for the US-West region and the Kyndryl Cloud Uplift web interface. All of the existing domain names will resolve normally but if you currently have network firewall rules that specifically allow Kyndryl Cloud Uplift IP addresses, you will need to update the allow lists to permit access to the new IP addresses.
For further details, see What IP addresses and port ranges does Kyndryl Cloud Uplift use?.
For 2024 Kyndryl Cloud Uplift release notes, visit Archive of 2024 What’s new. For older release notes dating back to 2011, contact support@skytap.com.
