# Google Cloud

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Also called: GCP, Google Cloud Platform, G C P, Google's cloud, Google Cloud Services

Google's cloud provider. It rents out computing, storage, [database](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/database) and AI services over the internet. [Google](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google) calls it Google Cloud, and many people still say GCP, short for Google Cloud Platform. It is a [hyperscaler](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hyperscaler), the same kind of company as [AWS](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/aws) and [Microsoft Azure](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/azure).

**For example:** A team that already uses [Google](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google)'s [AI models](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/model) runs its [back end](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/back-end) on Google Cloud so both sit with one provider.

Official site: <https://cloud.google.com>

## Connects to (10)

- [Cloud provider](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloud-provider): A company that rents out computing services, such as servers, storage and databases, over the internet and on demand.
- [Hyperscaler](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hyperscaler): An informal name for the very largest cloud providers, which run huge fleets of data centers.
- [Amazon Web Services](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/aws): Amazon's cloud provider, usually called AWS.
- [Microsoft Azure](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/azure): Microsoft's cloud provider.
- [Gemini](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gemini): Google's AI chat assistant, which people type or talk to.
- [Region](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/region): A geographic location where a cloud provider groups its data centers.
- [Google Developer Group Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gdg-tulsa): Google Developer Group Tulsa, a local chapter in Google's community program for developers.
- [Google](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google): The company behind Google Search, Gemini and Google Cloud.
- [Vertex AI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/vertex-ai): Google Cloud's platform for building, running and evaluating AI models and agents in a business setting, with access to Gemini and other…
- [Google for Startups](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google-for-startups): Google's program for startup founders.

## Follow

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/google-cloud)
- [X](https://x.com/googlecloud)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/googlecloud)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/googlecloud)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/googlecloud)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform)


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