Google (Alphabet)

Google wants enterprises to experience a native approach to open source databases on GCP, with no muss, no fuss billing and support.

At Google Cloud Next, Google said that it spent $47 billion dollars between 2016 and 2018 building its cloud infrastructure.

Backstory, a nascent Alphabet cybersecurity unit’s first product, aims to protect enterprise infrastructure on-prem and in the cloud.

Commit to spending $120,000 a year on its cloud storage, and Google won’t charge you if you go over (too much).

Configuration management added in latest version of Cloud Services Platform, which differentiates by being able to run on customers’ existing hardware.

The company said it will build four new data center facilities this year, with major expansion at three other locations, giving its platform physical footprint in 24 states.

Thomas Kurian says he will hire more salespeople and train them to specialize in specific industries to pursue larger, more traditional enterprises.

The company has been poaching Intel, Qualcomm, Broadcom, Nvidia engineers in Bengaluru, a top semiconductor design hub.

The company announces plans to build 10MW solar farm, claiming success in multi-year lobbying effort.

The two solar projects in Alabama and Tennessee will help supply two data centers under construction with renewable energy most hours of the day.