Google Cloud Platform
OwnerGoogle
CEOThomas Kurian
IndustryWeb service, cloud computing
Revenue US$58.7 billion (2025)[1]
Operating income US$13.9 billion (2025)[1]
URLcloud.google.com
LaunchedApril 7, 2008 (2008-04-07)
Current statusActive
Written in
ASN396982
Google Cloud App
Stable release(s) [±]
Android26.02 (Build 180801) / 24 February 2026 (2026-02-24)[2][3]
iOS[a]26.02 (Build 181700) / 19 February 2026 (2026-02-19)[4]
Operating systemAndroid 7+, iOS 17+, web Discontinued
Websitecloud.google.com

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a suite of cloud computing services offered by Google that provides a series of modular cloud services including computing, data storage, data analytics, and machine learning, alongside a set of management tools.[5] It runs on the same infrastructure that Google uses internally for its end-user products, such as Google Search, Gmail, and Google Docs, according to Verma et al.[6] Registration requires a credit card or bank account details.[7]

Google Cloud Platform provides infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, and serverless computing environments.

In April 2008, Google announced App Engine, a platform for developing and hosting web applications in Google-managed data centers, which was the first cloud computing service from the company. The service became generally available in November 2011. Since the announcement of App Engine, Google added multiple cloud services to the platform.

Google Cloud Platform is a part[8] of Google Cloud, which includes the Google Cloud Platform public cloud infrastructure, as well as Google Workspace (G Suite), enterprise versions of Android and ChromeOS, and application programming interfaces (APIs) for machine learning and enterprise mapping services. Since at least 2022,[9] Google's official materials have stated that "Google Cloud" is the new name for "Google Cloud Platform," which may cause naming confusion.

Products

Google lists over 100 products under the Google Cloud brand. Some of the key services are listed below.

Compute

Storage and databases

Networking

Big data

Cloud AI

Management tools

Identity and security

Internet of things (IoT)

API platform

Regions and zones

A region is a specific geographical location where users can deploy cloud resources. Each region is an independent geographic area that consists of zones.

A zone is a deployment area for Google Cloud Platform resources within a region. Zones should be considered a single failure domain within a region. Most regions have three zones.

As of Q1 2024, Google Cloud Platform is available in 40 regions and 121 zones. This is a list of those regions and zones:[45][46]

GCP Regions & Zones
Region Name Launch Date Location Zones
us-west1 2016-Q3 The Dalles, Oregon, United States
  • us-west1-a
  • us-west1-b
  • us-west1-c
us-west2 2018-Q3 Los Angeles, California, United States
  • us-west2-a
  • us-west2-b
  • us-west2-c
us-west3 2020-Q1 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
  • us-west3-a
  • us-west3-b
  • us-west3-c
us-west4 2020-Q2 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
  • us-west4-a
  • us-west4-b
  • us-west4-c
us-central1[47] 2009 Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States
  • us-central1-a
  • us-central1-b
  • us-central1-c
  • us-central1-f
us-east1 2015-Q4 Moncks Corner, South Carolina, United States
  • us-east1-b
  • us-east1-c
  • us-east1-d
us-east4 2017-Q2 Ashburn, Virginia, United States
  • us-east4-a
  • us-east4-b
  • us-east4-c
us-east5 2022-Q2 Columbus, Ohio, United States
  • us-east5-a
  • us-east5-b
  • us-east5-c
us-south1 2022-Q2 Dallas, Texas, United States
  • us-south1-a
  • us-south1-b
  • us-south1-c
northamerica-northeast1 2018-Q1 Montréal, Canada
  • northamerica-northeast1-a
  • northamerica-northeast1-b
  • northamerica-northeast1-c
northamerica-northeast2 2021-Q3 Toronto, Canada
  • northamerica-northeast2-a
  • northamerica-northeast2-b
  • northamerica-northeast2-c
southamerica-east1 2017-Q3 São Paulo, Brazil
  • southamerica-east1-a
  • southamerica-east1-b
  • southamerica-east1-c
southamerica-west1 2021-Q3 Santiago, Chile
  • southamerica-west1-a
  • southamerica-west1-b
  • southamerica-west1-c
europe-west1 2013-Q4 St. Ghislain, Belgium
  • europe-west1-b
  • europe-west1-c
  • europe-west1-d
europe-west2 2017-Q2 London, UK
  • europe-west2-a
  • europe-west2-b
  • europe-west2-c
europe-west3 2017-Q3 Frankfurt, Germany
  • europe-west3-a
  • europe-west3-b
  • europe-west3-c
europe-west4 2018-Q1 Eemshaven, Netherlands
  • europe-west4-a
  • europe-west4-b
  • europe-west4-c
europe-west6 2019-Q1 Zurich, Switzerland
  • europe-west6-a
  • europe-west6-b
  • europe-west6-c
europe-west8 2022-Q2 Milan, Italy
  • europe-west8-a
  • europe-west8-b
  • europe-west8-c
europe-west9 2022-Q2 Paris, France
  • europe-west9-a
  • europe-west9-b
  • europe-west9-c
europe-west10 2023-Q3 Berlin, Germany
  • europe-west10-a
  • europe-west10-b
  • europe-west10-c
europe-west12 2023-Q1 Turin, Italy
  • europe-west12-a
  • europe-west12-b
  • europe-west12-c
europe-central2 2021-Q2 Warsaw, Poland
  • europe-central2-a
  • europe-central2-b
  • europe-central2-c
europe-north1 2018-Q2 Hamina, Finland
  • europe-north1-a
  • europe-north1-b
  • europe-north1-c
europe-southwest1 2022-Q2 Madrid, Spain
  • europe-southwest1-a
  • europe-southwest1-b
  • europe-southwest1-c
me-west1 2022-Q4 Tel Aviv, Israel
  • me-west1-a
  • me-west1-b
  • me-west1-c
me-central1 2023-Q2 Doha, Qatar
  • me-central1-a
  • me-central1-b
  • me-central1-c
me-central2[48] 2023-Q4 Dammam, Saudi Arabia
  • me-central2-a
  • me-central2-b
  • me-central2-c
asia-south1 2017-Q4 Mumbai, India
  • asia-south1-a
  • asia-south1-b
  • asia-south1-c
asia-south2 2021-Q2 Delhi, India
  • asia-south2-a
  • asia-south2-b
  • asia-south2-c
asia-southeast1 2017-Q2 Jurong West, Singapore
  • asia-southeast1-a
  • asia-southeast1-b
  • asia-southeast1-c
asia-southeast2 2020-Q2 Jakarta, Indonesia
  • asia-southeast2-a
  • asia-southeast2-b
  • asia-southeast2-c
asia-east1[49] 2013-Q4 Changhua County, Taiwan
  • asia-east1-a
  • asia-east1-b
  • asia-east1-c
asia-east2 2018-Q3 Hong Kong
  • asia-east2-a
  • asia-east2-b
  • asia-east2-c
asia-northeast1 2016-Q4 Tokyo, Japan
  • asia-northeast1-a
  • asia-northeast1-b
  • asia-northeast1-c
asia-northeast2 2019-Q2 Osaka, Japan
  • asia-northeast2-a
  • asia-northeast2-b
  • asia-northeast2-c
asia-northeast3 2020-Q1 Seoul, Korea
  • asia-northeast3-a
  • asia-northeast3-b
  • asia-northeast3-c
australia-southeast1 2017-Q3 Sydney, Australia
  • australia-southeast1-a
  • australia-southeast1-b
  • australia-southeast1-c
australia-southeast2 2021-Q2 Melbourne, Australia
  • australia-southeast2-a
  • australia-southeast2-b
  • australia-southeast2-c
africa-south1[50] 2024-Q1 Johannesburg, South Africa
  • africa-south1-a
  • africa-south1-b
  • africa-south1-c

Similarity to services by other cloud service providers

For those familiar with other notable cloud service providers, a comparison of similar services may be helpful in understanding Google Cloud Platform's offerings.

Google Cloud Platform Amazon Web Services[51] Microsoft Azure[52] Oracle Cloud[53]
Google Compute Engine Amazon EC2 Azure Virtual Machines Oracle Cloud Infra OCI
Google App Engine AWS Elastic Beanstalk Azure App Services Oracle Application Container
Google Kubernetes Engine Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service Azure Kubernetes Service Oracle Kubernetes Service
Google Cloud Bigtable Amazon DynamoDB Azure Cosmos DB Oracle NoSQL Database
Google BigQuery Amazon Redshift Azure Synapse Analytics Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse
Google Cloud Functions AWS Lambda Azure Functions Oracle Cloud Fn
Google Cloud Datastore Amazon DynamoDB Azure Cosmos DB Oracle NoSQL Database
Google Cloud Storage Amazon S3 Azure Blob Storage Oracle Cloud Storage OCI

Timeline

Public customers

Customers announced in 2023 include Kingfisher plc,[98] the Government of Kuwait,[99] Deutsche Börse Group,[100] Unity Technologies,[101] Uber,[102] FanCode,[103] Daimler,[104] and Wix.com.[105]

See also

Notes

  1. Including iPadOS

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