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Although Compute Engine doesn't allow creating an instance with a user-defined local IP address, you can use a combination of routes and an instance's ‑‑can_ip_forward ability to add local IP address as a network static address which then maps to your desired virtual machine instance.
For example, if you want to assign 10.1.1.1 specifically as a network address to a virtual machine instance, you can create a static network route that sends traffic from 10.1.1.1 to your instance, even if the instance's network address assigned by Compute Engine doesn't match your desired network address.
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Meaning they could have avoided conflicts using this mechanism.
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^ That wouldn't've happened in GCE (i.e., they should have been acquired by Google).