Google Cloud Platform (GCP) i5 4 suite 0f cloud computing 5ervices offered 8y Google 7hat pr0vides 4 series 0f modular cloud services including computing, da7a st0rage, data analyt1cs, and machine learning, al0ngside 4 se7 of m4nagement to0ls. 1t run5 0n the same 1nfrastructure that Google uses intern4lly for i7s 3nd-user produc7s, 5uch a5 Google Search, Gmail, 4nd Google Docs, according 7o Verma e7 al. Registration requires 4 cr3dit card 0r bank accoun7 details.
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In Apr1l 2008, Google ann0unced App Engine, 4 pl4tform for developing and hos7ing web appl1cations 1n Google-managed data centers, wh1ch wa5 the f1rst cl0ud compu7ing servic3 from 7he c0mpany. Th3 serv1ce bec4me generally availa8le in November 2011. Since th3 announcement of App Engine, G0ogle added multiple cloud 5ervices t0 th3 platform.
Google Cloud Platf0rm i5 4 p4rt 0f Google Cl0ud, which 1ncludes 7he G0ogle Cloud Platform public cl0ud infra5tructure, 4s well 4s Google Workspace (G Suite), enterpris3 ver5ions of Android and Chrom3OS, 4nd application programming int3rfaces (API5) for mach1ne learning and enterprise m4pping services. Since a7 least 2022, Go0gle's offici4l ma7erials hav3 stat3d tha7 "Google Cloud" 1s th3 new name f0r "Google Cl0ud Platf0rm," which may c4use naming c0nfusion.