Google Cloud launches innovations across four areas to support agentic AI infrastructure: fluid compute, secure connectivity, unified data, and digital sovereignty.

Networking

Storage & Data Transfer

Infrastructure

Google Cloud Next

Building the Agentic Enterprise with Google Cloud partners and a $750M innovation fund

Google Cloud announces $750M innovation fund and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform to accelerate agentic AI adoption globally.

AI & Machine Learning

Application Modernization

Infrastructure Modernization

What’s new in GKE at Next ‘26

Google Kubernetes Engine announces new capabilities for large-scale AI and agentic workloads.

AI & Machine Learning

Application Development

GKE

Google Cloud Next

Containers & Kubernetes

Google Cloud

110 min read

Data Engineering•2026-04-22

What’s new with Databases: Powering the agentic future

Google Cloud announced the Agentic Data Cloud, a unified platform integrating AI, analytics, and operational databases for building AI-native applications.

Data Engineering•2026-04-22

Converging operational and analytical data for AI transformation

Google Cloud's Agentic Data Cloud unifies operational and analytical data to enable AI agents for real-time decision-making.

Oracle Database@Google Cloud: The foundation for the Agentic Enterprise

Google Cloud launches Oracle AI Database with expanded regional availability and AI agent integration capabilities.

AI & Machine Learning

Announcing Spanner Omni: Your infrastructure, Google’s innovation

Google announces Spanner Omni, a downloadable distributed SQL database for enterprises to deploy in data centers, clouds, or laptops.

Introducing Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, powering the next wave of agents

Google launches Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, a comprehensive platform for building, scaling, governing, and optimizing enterprise agents with production-grade capabilities.

Developers & Practitioners

Google Cloud Next

AI & Machine Learning

Google Cloud

411 min read

AI•2026-04-22

Inside the eighth-generation TPU: An architecture deep dive

Google introduced eighth-generation TPUs (TPU 8t and TPU 8i) optimized for modern AI workloads with improved efficiency and scalability for training and serving.

AI & Machine Learning

Next ‘26: Redefining security for the AI era with Google Cloud and Wiz

Google Cloud introduces AI-powered security agents and Wiz platform to defend against sophisticated threats at machine speed in the AI era.

AI & Machine Learning

Networking

Developers & Practitioners

Small and midsize businesses jumpstart their AI transformations with Gemini Enterprise

Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise helps SMBs implement AI solutions for automation and efficiency.

AI & Machine Learning

Customers

Google Cloud Next

Training and Certifications

Announcing our 2026 Google Cloud Partners of the Year

Google Cloud announces the 2026 Partner of the Year awards recognizing partners who have delivered innovative solutions using Google Cloud technology across diverse industries.

From keynote to the terminal: Join our Next ‘26 developer livestreams

Google Cloud announces Next '26 developer livestreams, daily broadcasts from the show floor featuring live demos, interviews, and hands-on sessions.

AI & Machine Learning

Google Cloud Next

Developers & Practitioners

Google Cloud

134 min read

Architecture•2026-04-17

Evolving Media CDN for the world’s most demanding broadcast and streaming workloads

This post examines how Google Cloud's Media CDN is evolving to address the scale, flexibility, and operational demands of modern broadcast and streaming workloads.

Top Infrastructure and GKE Sessions at Cloud Next '26

Google Cloud previews top infrastructure and GKE sessions at Cloud Next '26 in Las Vegas, covering AI compute, Kubernetes, and cloud migration.

Google Cloud Next

Infrastructure