Infrastructure2026-05-17
GCP (Google Cloud Platform)
Also known as: GCP / Google Cloud / Google Cloud Platform / グーグルクラウド
Google's cloud infrastructure and AI platform. BigQuery, Cloud Run, GKE, and Vertex AI are flagship services with deep integration with Google's AI infrastructure (TPUs, Gemini), making it popular for data analytics and AI development.
Overview
GCP's deep integration with Google's ML research gives it strength in TPU-based LLM training and MLOps on Vertex AI. Cloud Run deploys Docker images as serverless containers with easy cost optimization.
Cloud Comparison
GCP is one of the three major cloud providers alongside AWS and Azure, with Vertex AI offering strong competitiveness for AI/ML workloads. See cloud migration guide for selection criteria.
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