Google Cloud Platform

Founded in 2008

CEO: Sundar Pichai https://cloud.google.com/ https://twitter.com/googlecloud

Using the same infrastructure as Google end-user products - such as Google Search, Gmail, Google Drive, and YouTube - Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a suite of cloud computing services. It was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Google Cloud consists of a set of physical assets, such as computers and hard disk drives, and virtual resources, such as virtual machines that are contained in Google's data centres worldwide. Its data centres are available in specific regions across five continents - with a region being a collection of zones. As of 2022, Google Cloud Platform is available in 34 regions and 103 zones. A region is a specific geographical location where users can deploy cloud resources.

Google lists over 100 products under the Google Cloud brand, and while offering a multitude of solutions also has a strong commitment to sustainability. It actively focuses on reducing its environmental impact through energy-efficient data centres, carbon offset programs, and sustainable practices and enables customers to run their workloads on a green and environmentally responsible platform. Citing digital transformation as more than ‘lifting and shifting’ old IT infrastructure to the cloud for cost saving and convenience, Google Cloud Platform says true transformation spans the entire business and enables every person to transform - something it understands about today’s technology requirements and continuously innovates to meet growing demand.