Generally available: C3 bare metal machine types are available in the C3 machine series

## Feature **Generally available**: C3 bare metal machine types are available in the C3 machine series. Bare metal instances let you create an instance with direct access to the machine's CPU and memory, without a virtualization layer in the middle. With bare metal instances, you can access all the raw compute resources of the server. For more information, see the [C3 machine series](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/general-purpose-machines#c3%5Fseries).