At the Cloud Next developer conference, GDC is set to receive several updates, including new security features, support for the Apigee API management service, and more. Developers can now use a GDC Sandbox in Google Cloud to build and test applications without needing to work with physical hardware. GDC is now ISO27001 and SOC2 compliant. Google Cloud is also introducing new AI servers for GDC, powered by Nvidia's L4 Tensor Core GPUs. Google Cloud is emphasizing its partnerships with T-Systems, WWT, and Clarence, which can deliver sovereign GDC-powered clouds on behalf of their clients.
Key takeaways:
- Major cloud providers, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, have been developing sovereign clouds to comply with data sovereignty and residency laws, ensuring data does not leave a specific country.
- Google Cloud has been focusing on partnerships rather than building its own sovereign clouds, recently announcing a partnership with World Wide Technology to offer sovereign cloud solutions for U.S. government customers.
- Google's latest effort in this space is the Google Distributed Cloud (GDC), a fully managed software and hardware solution that can be connected to the Google Cloud or be completely air-gapped from the Internet. It is now ISO27001 and SOC2 compliant.
- At the Cloud Next developer conference, GDC is introducing new security features, support for the Apigee API management service, and new AI servers powered by Nvidia's L4 Tensor Core GPUs.