You are setting up a new Google Cloud environment and need to create a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). You want full control over the IP address ranges used in your subnets and do not want Google to automatically create subnets in every region.

Which command should you use to create the VPC?

When creating a VPC network in Google Cloud, you can choose between 'auto' mode and 'custom' mode. Auto mode automatically creates a subnet in every region with predefined IP ranges. Custom mode creates a VPC with no subnets, giving you full control to create subnets only where you need them, with IP ranges you specify. The command is `gcloud compute networks create [NAME] --subnet-mode=custom`.