diff --git a/terragrunt/accounts/dev-desktops-prod/europe-west1/terragrunt.hcl b/terragrunt/accounts/dev-desktops-prod/europe-west1/terragrunt.hcl
index f28ce48d6..faac3ca9f 100644
--- a/terragrunt/accounts/dev-desktops-prod/europe-west1/terragrunt.hcl
+++ b/terragrunt/accounts/dev-desktops-prod/europe-west1/terragrunt.hcl
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ inputs = {
     "dev-desktop-eu-2" = {
       # vCPUs: 32, RAM: 64 GiB, AMD Milan.
       instance_type = "c2d-highcpu-32"
+      storage_type  = "pd-balanced"
       storage       = 2000
     }
   }
diff --git a/terragrunt/accounts/dev-desktops-prod/us-central1/terragrunt.hcl b/terragrunt/accounts/dev-desktops-prod/us-central1/terragrunt.hcl
index b5b323ce4..e09516f33 100644
--- a/terragrunt/accounts/dev-desktops-prod/us-central1/terragrunt.hcl
+++ b/terragrunt/accounts/dev-desktops-prod/us-central1/terragrunt.hcl
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ include {
 inputs = {
   project = "dev-desktops-prod"
   region  = "us-central1"
-  zone    = "us-central1-a"
+  zone    = "us-central1-b"
   instances = {
     "dev-desktop-us-2" = {
       # vCPUs: 32, RAM: 64 GiB, AMD Milan.
-      instance_type = "c2d-highcpu-32"
+      instance_type = "c4d-highcpu-32"
+      storage_type = "hyperdisk-balanced"
       storage       = 2000
     }
   }
diff --git a/terragrunt/modules/dev-desktops-gcp/_terraform.tf b/terragrunt/modules/dev-desktops-gcp/_terraform.tf
index 423bb84ba..a91e58320 100644
--- a/terragrunt/modules/dev-desktops-gcp/_terraform.tf
+++ b/terragrunt/modules/dev-desktops-gcp/_terraform.tf
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ variable "instances" {
   description = "A map of instances with their machine types and disk sizes"
   type = map(object({
     instance_type = string
+    storage_type  = string
     storage       = number
   }))
 }
diff --git a/terragrunt/modules/dev-desktops-gcp/instances.tf b/terragrunt/modules/dev-desktops-gcp/instances.tf
index 0fc75295e..28b51ab4e 100644
--- a/terragrunt/modules/dev-desktops-gcp/instances.tf
+++ b/terragrunt/modules/dev-desktops-gcp/instances.tf
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ resource "google_compute_instance" "instance" {
       # The default choice in the Google Cloud Console.
       # It uses SSDs but limits the performance to provide a
       # more economical price point than `pd-ssd`.
-      type = "pd-balanced"
+      type = each.value.storage_type
     }
   }
 
@@ -66,4 +66,10 @@ resource "google_compute_instance" "instance" {
   metadata = {
     "ssh-keys" = "ubuntu:ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCdGoRV9XPamZwqCMr4uk1oHWPnknzwOOSjuRBnu++WRkn7TtCM4ndDfqtKnvzlX5mzPhdvO1KKx1K8TiJ3wiq7WS4AFLGKQmPHWjg8qxGW7x4S8DHrb4ctmaujZ1+XCNSK3nsCl1lLW8DOrRlKbfeHIAllbMBZxIRmQ+XICVvhKAmSmxzTmYC8tBqvqQprG/uIuKonjLxL/ljtBxXBNECXl/JFCYG0AsB0aiuiMVeHLVzMiEppQ7YP/5Ml1Rpmn6h0dDzFtoD7xenroS98BIQF5kQWhakHbtWcNMz7DVFghWgi9wYr0gtoIshhqWYorC4yJq6HGXd0qdNHuLWNz39h"
   }
+
+  lifecycle {
+    ignore_changes = [
+      boot_disk[0].initialize_params[0].image
+    ]
+  }
 }