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Distributed Cloud

Google's cloud on-prem and at the edge: for sovereignty and latency — even completely disconnected from the internet.

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01 · What it is

Google Distributed Cloud, made clear.

GDC brings the Google stack where the public cloud cannot reach: appliances and racks in your data center or factory, with GKE, data services and AI (Gemini included) — in the air-gapped variant it even works without any connection to Google. The answer for extreme sovereignty, defense and isolated sites.

Air-gapped
the disconnected variant: it operates without EVER talking to Google
Edge
appliances in the factory or the branch: AI close to the lines
GKE everywhere
the same Kubernetes APIs as the cloud, on site
Google Distributed Cloud
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02 · How to use it well

The things that make the difference.

The variants

The sensitive or nearby workloadssovereign data, local latencies
GDC connected
GDC air-gapped
Edge appliance
hybrid · isolated · peripheral
Operated by Google or a partnerthe managed model
Your physical perimeterrack, room, plant
The cloud that gives up the cloud

The honest use case

GDC is demanding: below certain thresholds the answer is GKE + Interconnect — we say it upfront.

AI in the factory

Vision and models on the edge appliance: inference milliseconds from the lines.

Documented sovereignty

Who operates, who accesses, where the keys are: the answers the regulators want in writing.

Consistency with the cloud

Same APIs and tools as the public cloud: one operating model, two habitats.

03 · In depth

GDC: Google's cloud outside the cloud

Google Distributed Cloud brings GKE and the Google services where the data has to stay: the connected variant (edge/data center with the control plane in the cloud) and the air-gapped one (completely isolated, for government and defense, with AI included — even Gemini on-prem) cover the constraints the public cloud cannot. Validated hardware, Google or partner operations, and the same Kubernetes APIs: the workload doesn't know where it runs.

  • Connected — the edge managed from the cloud: clusters in the factory, the panel in GCP
  • Air-gapped — zero internet dependencies: the cloud for classified contexts
  • Gemini on-prem — Google's models in your perimeter: AI where the data doesn't leave
  • Validated hardware — certified configurations: no infrastructure DIY
  • Consistent APIs — GKE everywhere: a single way to deploy
  • Sovereignty — residency, operations and support compliant with EU constraints
04 · Numbers and lifecycle

The numbers that matter.

2
variants: connected and air-gapped
100%
operational without internet in the air-gapped variant
GKE
the same platform as the cloud: skills reused
EU
the sovereignty requirements covered by design
The edge and the sovereign require method: constraint assessment, sizing and operations — Google's cloud, in your perimeter, operated by us.
05 · Use cases

Where it really pays off.

Government and defense

The classified workload that cannot touch the internet.

Manufacturing

Quality AI close to production.

Telco & retail

Thousands of peripheral sites, centrally governed.

When the cloud can't come to you, Google comes on site — and we build the plant.