Google Cloud is a suite of cloud computing services offered by Google. It provides infrastructure, platform, and serverless computing environments, along with management tools. These services include computing, data storage, data analytics, and machine learning. Google Cloud runs on the same infrastructure that powers Google's end-user products like Google Search and Gmail. The first cloud computing service from the company was the Google App Engine, launched in April 2008. It became generally available in November 2011. Thomas Kurian is the current CEO of Google Cloud.
Google Cloud holds 13% of the global cloud infrastructure market, placing it third behind Amazon Web Services (AWS) at 30% and Microsoft Azure at 20%. Despite being the smallest of the "Big Three," Google Cloud's market share is larger than all other competitors combined outside of AWS and Azure. Google Cloud is headquartered in Mountain View, California. Recent news includes the general availability of OpenAPI v3 (OASv3) support for API Gateway and Cloud Endpoints, enhanced security in Apigee hybrid through Kubernetes Secrets, and the general availability of Dark Mode in the Google Cloud console. Google Cloud offers a wide array of products, including Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), BigQuery, Cloud Storage, and Vertex AI.