How to power off your Instance

Reviewed on September 17, 2025

Powering off your Instance shuts it down by transferring all the data on the Instance's local volume to a volume store. The node is released back to the pool of available machines. If the Instance has a flexible IP, it will remain available in your account. Any attached Block Storage volumes are not affected by the power-off operation and will remain intact and accessible when the Instance is restarted or the volume is reattached to another Instance.

Before you start

To complete the actions presented below, you must have:

• A Scaleway account logged into the console
• Owner status or IAM permissions allowing you to perform actions in the intended Organization
• An Instance

How to power off an Instance

1. Click CPU & GPU Instances in the Compute section of the side menu. The Instances page displays.

2. Click the Instance you want to power off. The Overview page for that Instance displays.

3. Use the toggle toggle icon in the top right corner of the screen to power off your Instance.

   A pop-up displays asking you to confirm the action.

4. Click Power off Instance.

   Important

   When a server is powered off, only its volumes and any reserved flexible IP address are billed.

How to power on an Instance

1. Click CPU & GPU Instances in the Compute section of the side menu. The Instances page displays.
2. Click the Instance you want to power on again. The Overview page for that Instance displays.
3. Use the toggle toggle icon in the top right corner of the screen to switch your Instance to ON. A pop-up displays asking you to confirm the action.
4. Click Power on Instance.