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 ## Prerequisites
 
-- Python >= 3.12 (required by JAX >= 0.11)
+These benchmarks are intended to run on a TPU v6e or 7x Cloud VM running Python
+>= 3.12 (required by JAX >= 0.11). Please refer to
+[these instructions](https://docs.cloud.google.com/tpu/docs/create-tpu-vm) for
+steps on how to create one.
 
 ## Quickstart