Google Distributed Cloud at Next ‘26

Today at Google Cloud Next, we’re announcing new capabilities in Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) that bring Gemini and our advanced AI stack to wherever your data is, so you don’t need to compromise between AI innovation and sovereignty. This will serve as a catalyst for a sovereign neocloud architecture. 

GDC brings Google Cloud to wherever you need it — in your own data center or at the edge. It is offered as two distinct models to meet your specific security and hardware requirements: GDC air-gapped, a fully disconnected deployment that runs on purpose-built, Google-supplied hardware designed for maximum security and compliance; and GDC connected, where you benefit from an integrated, Google-managed software lifecycle on your own hardware.

Traditionally, enterprises and governments with strict data regulatory and sovereignty requirements, were locked out of the latest AI capabilities. Their only choice was to build their own systems, which is slow, complicated ...